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Hadji Sharif Radjid Abirin vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

HADJI SHARIF RADJID ABIRIN, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF PARANG, SULU and PERSHING TANTALIE, respondents.

G.R. No. L-36157 | 1980-08-29

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

This is an election protest, brought up from the COMELEC to this Court for review.

Private respondent Pershing Tantalie was proclaimed on November 8, 1971 as the elected Mayor of Parang, Sulu, in the 1971 local elections by the respondent Municipal Board of Canvassers. In a petition dated November 23, 1971 filed with the Commission on Elections on December 8, 1971, herein petitioner, the Liberal Party candidate for the Office of the Mayor, contested the election of respondent Tantalie and prayed for the annulment of the results of the election in Precincts, 5, 5-A, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 24, and...