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Sebastian & Romano vs COMELEC

JUNE GENEVIEVE R. SEBASTIAN, and DARIO ROMANO, petitioners, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF STO. TOMAS, DAVAO DEL NORTE (Jandelie B. Espa?ola, Liza D. Baco, and Valentin Gador), SALVADOR ROYO, and ERIC ESTELA, respondents

G.R. Nos. 139573-75 | 2000-03-07

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

Before us is a petition for certiorari seeking the annulment of the Resolution issued by respondent Commission on Elections, in SPC Nos. 98-129, 98-142, and 98-169, on August 24, 1999, allowing the inclusion in the canvass of votes in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte, of 25 election returns which petitioners claimed to have been prepared through threats and undue influence. Said resolution reversed an earlier resolution of the COMELEC Second Division excluding the questioned election returns from the canvass of votes. Petitioners likewise seek the issuance of a temporary restraining order to enjoin the...