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Benjamin T. Loong vs. COMELEC

BENJAMIN T. LOONG, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, NURHUSSEIN UTUTALUM and ALIM BASHIR EDRIS, respondents.

G.R. No. 93986 | 1992-12-22

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J:

In this special civil action of certiorari, petitioner assails the Resolution dated 15 May 1990 of the Commission on Elections (Second Division), issued in SPA No. 90-006 entitled "NUR Hussein Ututalum, petitioner vs. Benjamin Loong, respondent," a petition to disqualify Benjamin Loong, candidate for Regional Vice-Governor of the Autonomous Government in Muslin Mindanao. Said assailed resolution ruled that the respondent Commission has jurisdiction to hear and decide SPA No. 90-006.

On 15 January 1990, petitioner filed with the respondent Commission his certificate of candidacy for the position of...