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Gonzales v. COMELEC, 27 SCRA 835

ARSENIO GONZALES and FELICISIMO R. CABIGAO, petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-27833 | 1969-04-18


Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila

EN BANC

         
IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF RE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF REPUBLIC ACT 4880. 

F. R. Cabigao in his own behalf as petitioner. 
B. F. Advincula for petitioner Arsenio Gonzales.
Ramon Barrios for respondent Commission on Elections. Sen. Lorenzo Tañada as amicus curiae.

FERNANDO, J.:

          A statute designed to maintain the purity and integrity of the electoral process by Congress calling a halt to the undesirable practice of prolonged political campaign bringing in their wake serious evils not the least of...