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Ramos vs. Comelec

MATEO RAMOS, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, BATO MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS, CAMARINES SUR, and OSMUNDO POSUGAC, respondents.

G.R. No. L-1882 | 1948-04-10

D E C I S I O N

PARAS, J:

On November 16, 1947, the respondent Osmundo Posugac was proclaimed mayor-elect of the municipality of Bato, Camarines Sur, by the municipal board of canvassers. The next day the local representative of the Nacionalista Party addressed a complaint to the Commission on Elections requesting an investigation and the annulment of the canvass made by the said board of canvassers, on the ground that the latter, instead of counting the genuine election return from precinct No. 10, included in the canvass a falsified return. On December 12, 1947, the Commission on Elections resolved to abstain from proceeding with the...