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Abdul Gaffar P.M. Dibaratun Vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

ABDUL GAFFAR P.M. DIBARATUN, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and ABDUL CARIM MALA ABUBAKAR, Respondents

G.R. No. 170365 | 2010-02-02

D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari[1] of the Resolution of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) en banc dated October 17, 2005 in SPA No. 02-481, which declared a failure of elections in Precinct No. 6A/7A, Barangay Bagoainguid, Municipality of Tugaya, Lanao del Sur and annulled the proclamation of petitioner Abdul Gaffar[2] P.M. Dibaratun as the duly elected Punong Barangay of Barangay Bagoainguid in the July 15, 2002 Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections.

The facts are as follows:

Respondent Abdulcarim Mala Abubakar,[3] a re-electionist candidate for the position of Punong Barangay of...