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Meliton C. Geronimo vs. Fidel V. Ramos, et al.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS MELITON C. GERONIMO, petitioner, vs. LT. FIDEL V. RAMOS IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF THE CONSTABULARY AND THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60504 | 1985-05-14

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR, J.:

These interrelated petitions arose from the controversy over the mayoralty elections in 1980, wherein the petitioner who was elected to the post of mayor of Baras, Rizal was subsequently disqualified as a candidate for mayor by this Court's affirmance of the Commission on Elections' decision on the ground that he was a political turncoat.

The controversy stemmed from the following uncontroverted facts:

On January 8, 1980, private respondent Julian Pendre filed a petition with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to disqualify petitioner Meliton C. Geronimo from running as a candidate for the...