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Nacionalista Party vs. Bautista

THE NACIONALISTA PARTY, petitioner, vs. FELIX ANGELO BAUTISTA, Solicitor General of the Philippines, respondent.

G.R. No. L-3452 | 1949-12-07

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J p:

The prayer of the petition filed to this case reads, as follows:
Wherefore, petitioner respectfully prays that after due hearing a writ of prohibition issue commanding the respondent Solicitor General to desist forever from acting as acting member of the Commission on Elections under the designation rendered to him by President Quirino on November 9, 1949 unless he is legally appointed as regular member of the said Commission on Elections . . .

It is averred, in support of the prayer, that on 9 November 1949, while the respondent held, as he still holds, the office of Solicitor General of the Philippines,...