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Sinaca vs. Mula

EMMANUEL SINACA, PETITIONER, VS. MIGUEL MULA AND COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 135691 | 1999-09-27

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:
 
Before us is a special civil action for certiorari, mandamus and prohibition, with a prayer for preliminary injunction and/or temporary restraining order assailing the Resolution of 6 October 1998, of respondent Commission on Elections (hereafter COMELEC) in SPA No. 98-292, declaring as invalid the substitution of mayoralty candidate Teodoro F. Sinaca, Jr. by herein petitioner Emmanuel D. Sinaca.[1]

The records disclose that in the 11 May 1998 elections, the two opposing factions of the ruling party LAKAS-NUCD-UMPD (hereafter LAKAS) filled in separate candidates for the...