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Fernando Lopez vs. Gerardo Roxas

FERNANDO LOPEZ, petitioner, vs. GERARDO ROXAS and PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL, respondents.

G.R. No. L-25716 | 1966-07-28

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
CONCEPCION, C.J.: 
 
Petitioner Fernando Lopez and respondent Gerardo Roxas were the main contenders for the Office of Vice-President of the Philippines in the general elections held on November 9, 1965. By Resolution No. 2, approved on December 17, 1965, the two Houses of Congress, in joint session assembled as the board charged with the duty to canvass the votes then cast for President and Vice President of the Philippines, proclaimed petitioner Fernando Lopez elected to the latter office with 3,531,550 votes, or a plurality of 26,724 votes over his closest opponent, respondent Gerardo M. Roxas,...