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Teves vs. COMELEC

PRYDE HENRY A. TEVES, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ROEL R. DEGAMO, AND GREGO "RUEL" DEGAMO RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 262682] GREGO "RUEL" G. DEGAMO, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND ROEL R. DEGAMO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 262622 | 2023-02-14

D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, J., J.:
 
"An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it." – George Bernard Shaw

These two consolidated cases stemmed from the disqualification of Ruel Gaudia Degamo (Ruel) who used "Ruel Degamo" as the name to appear in the official ballot. Initially, Roel Degamo (Roel) filed a Petition for Mandamus, docketed as G.R. No. 261178, seeking to compel the Commission on Elections (COMELECEn Banc to render a Decision, on the disqualification case. This was followed by two separate Petitions filed by Ruel...