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Angelia vs COMELEC & Tan

DIOSCORO O. ANGELIA, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and FLORENTINO R. TAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 135468 | 2000-05-31

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Civil Procedure to set aside the resolution, dated August 18, 1998, of the Commission on Elections en banc annulling the proclamation of petitioner as member of the Sangguniang Bayan of Abuyog, Leyte and ordering the Municipal Board of Canvassers of said municipality to make the necessary corrections in the election returns of Precinct Nos. 84-A/84-A-1 and Precinct No. 23-A and, thereafter, proclaim the winning candidate or candidates for the Sangguniang Bayan.

The facts of the instant case are as follows:

Petitioner Dioscoro O. Angelia and...