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Anwar Berua Balindong vs COMELEC, et al

ANWAR BERUA BALINDONG, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MALABANG and AKLIMA JAAFAR BALINDONG, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 153991-92 | 2003-10-16

D E C I S I O N

Tinga, J.:

Before us is a petition where the petitioner, Anwar Balindong ("Anwar"), a candidate for Mayor of Malabang, Lanao del Sur, seeks to set aside the Resolution[1] dated July 4, 2002 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) en banc[2] ordering the Municipal Board of Canvassers (MBC) to immediately reconvene, totally exclude from canvass the election return for a certain precinct and count eighty-eight (88) votes in the election return for another precinct, not in favor of Anwar but another mayoralty candidate by the name of Amir-Oden Balindong.

Petitioner, private respondent Aklima Jaafar Balindong ("Aklima"), and...