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Sumulong vs. Commission on Elections

JUAN SUMULONG, in his capacity as President of "Pagkakaisa ng Bayan" (Popular Front Party), petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, and PEDRO ABAD SANTOS, respondents.

G.R. No. 47903 | 1940-11-29

D E C I S I O N


LAUREL, J:

In a petition bearing date of October 10, 1940, addressed to the Commission on Elections, Juan Sumulong, Esq., as president of "Pagkakaisa ng Bayan" (Popular Front Party), after setting forth at length the facts and circumstances upon which he bases his claim to minority representation on the boards of election inspectors in the impending general election for provincial and municipal officials, asks that the Commission "se sirva declarar que el partido Pagkakaisa ng Bayan, tambien conocido como el partido del Frente Popular, del que el que suscribe es actual presidente, tiene derecho a nominar al tercer...