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Ferdinand Trinidad vs COMELEC and Sunga

FERDINAND TRINIDAD, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and MANUEL C. SUNGA, respondents.

G.R. No. 135716 | 1999-09-23

D E C I S I O N


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

The instant Petition for Certiorari questions the June 22, 1998 Resolution1 [Records, Vol. I, pp. 250-257.] of the Commission on Elections (hereinafter referred to as COMELEC) in SPA No. 95-213, disqualifying petitioner as a candidate for Mayor of Iguig, Cagayan, in the May 8, 1995 elections. It also questions the October 13, 1998 COMELEC Resolution2 [Id., pp. 300-306.] which not only denied petitioner's Motion for Reconsideration, but also annulled his proclamation as elected Mayor in the May 11, 1998 elections.

This case has been filed before this Court when the Petition for Disqualification of...