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Goboy, Edito vs. Comelec, et al.

EDITO GOBOY, petitioner, vs. COMELEC and ANICETO FERNANDEZ, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. L-52765 G.R. No. L-52765 | 1983-12-29

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

This petition for certiorari, mandamus and injunction was filed by petitioner to seek the annulment of Resolution No. 8916 of the Commission on Elections dated February 5, 1980 cancelling his certificate of candidacy for municipal mayor of Tangalan, Aklan.

Petitioner, a Nacionalista candidate, was elected Mayor of said town in the 1980 elections. He garnered 2,320 votes over his opponents Aniceto Fernandez, Jr., a KBL aspirant and Pedro C. Fuentes, an independent candidate, who obtained 2,048 and 27 votes, respectively.

On February 8, 1980, the Board of Canvassers proclaimed him Mayor of Tangalan, Aklan....