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Ricardo Manalad etal vs Cresenciano Trajano etal.

RICARDO R. MANALAD, ALFONSO ROMERO, MARIO SANTOS, RITCHIE TUICO, HONORATO K. LEA?O, SANTOS B. PUERTO, LEONARDO NAVARRO, BENJAMIN ERNACIO, FELIPE BENCITO, GERARDITO ROXAS, GONZALO RAMOS, FEDERICO MU?OZ, PABLO FRANCO and CONRADO LOPEZ, petitioners, vs. DIRECTOR CRESENCIANO B. TRAJANO, PABLO B. BABULA, JULIAN DUYAG, DOMINADOR JAVIER, REMIGIO DEL MUNDO, OLMO MIJARES, RUDY VERGARA, ARTURO AZARCON, JOSE BINDOY, GERARDO COMMANDANTE, ROBERTO BUSTILLOS, PAQUITO BALANDING, OSCAR FERNANDEZ, and JACK HUGGINS, JR., respondents. *

G.R. Nos. 72772-73 | 1989-06-28

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

The parties herein are employees of United Dockhandlers, Inc. They are members of rival groups in the Associated Port Checkers and Workers' Union (APCWU, for short) in said company, the petitioners' faction being led by petitioner Ricardo R. Manalad, with respondent Pablo B. Babula heading the group of private respondents.

From their submissions, it appears that sometime in 1982, the petitioners were disqualified from running as candidates in the election of APCWU officers by the Med-Arbiter, which election had theretofore been scheduled for November 17, 1981 but was enjoined and ordered reset. 1 However,...