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PNOC Energy Development Corp., Et Al. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

PNOC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND MARCELINO TONGCO, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and MANUEL S. PINEDA, respondents.

G.R. No. 100947 | 1993-05-31

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, C.J.:

The applicability to private respondent Manuel S. Pineda of Section 66 of the Election Code is what is chiefly involved in the case at bar. Said section reads as follows:

"Section 66. Candidates holding appointive office or position. -- Any person holding a public appointive office or position, including active members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and officers and employees in government-owned or controlled corporations, shall be considered ipso facto resigned from his office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy."

Manuel S. Pineda was employed with the Philippine National Oil Co. -...