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Muslimin Sema vs COMELEC & Rodel Manara

MUSLIMIN SEMA, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and RODEL MANARA, respondents.

G.R. No. 134163-64 | 2000-12-13

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

Muslimin Sema* Sometimes referred to in the pleadings and/or COMELEC resolutions as Muslimen Sema or Muslemin Sema.* and Rodel Mañara were two (2) of the eleven (11) candidates for city mayor of Cotabato City during the May 11, 1998 elections.

During the canvassing of the election returns from the three hundred sixty-two (362) precincts of Cotabato City by the City Board of Canvassers (CBC), numerous petitions for exclusion of election returns were filed. For his part, Sema objected to thirty (30) election returns from the following precincts, namely: Precinct Nos. 295A/A1, 274A/275A, 46A2, 262A/263A, 218A/219A,...