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Gelacio I. Yason vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

GELACIO I. YASON, petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF ROXAS, ORIENTAL MINDORO, and LUCIO T. SUAREZ, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. L-52713 | 1985-01-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

Gelacio I. Yason filed this petition for certiorari and mandamus - (1) to set aside the resolution of respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) which denied due course to his candidacy for Mayor of Roxas, Oriental Mindoro for having changed his party affiliation; (2) to set aside the resolution of COMELEC which declared Lucio T. Suarez, Jr. as the duly elected Mayor after it had ordered all votes cast for Yason to be considered stray votes; and (3) to order COMELEC or the Municipal Board of Canvassers to proclaim petitioner Yason, who had obtained the highest number of votes, as the duly elected...