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Abella vs. Larrazabal

BENJAMIN P. ABELLA AND SILVESTRE T. DE LA CRUZ, PETITIONERS, VS. ADELINA INDAY LARRAZABAL, PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF LEYTE AND COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENTS. G.R. NO. 88004. DECEMBER 21, 1989. BENJAMIN P. ABELLA AND SILVESTRE T. DE LA CRUZ, PETITIONERS, VS. ADELINA LARRAZABAL AND COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 87721-30/ G.R. No. 88004 | 1989-12-21

D E C I S I O N
 
CRUZ, J.:
 
The Court has ordered the consolidation of G.R. Nos. 87721-30 and G.R. No. 88004 involving the same parties and the same election in 1988 for the office of provincial governor of Leyte. Challenged in these petitions for certiorari are the resolutions of the respondent Commission on Elections dismissing the pre-proclamation and disqualification cases filed by the herein petitioners against private respondent Adelina Larrazabal.
 
Petitioner Benjamin P. Abella was the official candidate of the Liberal Party for provincial governor of Leyte in the local election held on February 1, 1988. The private...