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Rasmia Romato Salic vs COMELEC, Pansar

RASMIA ROMATO SALIC, petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, and DIMNATANG L. PANSAR, respondents.

G.R. No. 157007 | 2004-03-17

D E C I S I O N

Tinga, J:

In the 2001 local elections in Butig, Lanao del Sur, two Municipal Boards of Canvassers ("MBC"), with varying members participating, proclaimed different sets of municipal candidates as winners. The Commission on Elections nullified the conflicting proclamations of the two boards and ordered the constitution of a new MBC.

The COMELEC action is before this Court through two consolidated petitions. The first petition, docketed as G.R. No. 157007, is a Petition for Certiorari with Prayer for the Issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction[1] filed by Rasmia Romato Salic...