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Lou A. Atienza Vs. Commission On Elections, Et Al.

LOU A. ATIENZA, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and ANTONIO G. SIA, respondents.

G.R. No. 108533 | 1994-12-20

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

Private respondent Antonio G. Sia was elected mayor of the Municipality of Madrilejos, Cebu in the 1988 local elections obtaining a plurality of 126 votes over his nearest rival, herein petitioner Lou A. Atienza. 1 Following Sia's proclamation by the Municipal Board of Canvassers, petitioner filed an election protest docketed as Election Case No. EC-5 with the Regional Trial Court questioning the results of the elections in a number of precincts in the municipality. 2 Consequently, in the revision ordered by the lower court, petitioner obtained a total of 2,826 votes, a plurality of 12 votes over the private...