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Aquino vs. COMELEC

AGAPITO A. AQUINO, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, MOVE MAKATI, MATEO BEDON AND JUANITO ICARO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 120265 | 1995-09-18

DECISION 
 
KAPUNAN, J.: 
 
The sanctity of the people's will must be observed at all times if our nascent democracy is to be preserved. In any challenge having the effect of reversing a democratic choice, expressed through the ballot, this Court should be ever so vigilant in finding solutions which would give effect to the will of the majority, for sound public policy dictates that all elective offices are filled by those who have received the highest number of votes cast in an election. When a challenge to a winning candidate's qualifications however becomes inevitable, the ineligibility ought to be so noxious to...