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Jamil vs. COMELEC

ABDULLAH A. JAMIL, PETITIONER, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, (NEW) MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF SULTAN GUMANDER AND ALINADER BALINDONG, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 123648 | 1997-12-15

D E C I SI O N
 
KAPUNAN, J.:
 
Petitioner Abdullah A. Jamil and private respondent Alinader Balindong were among the mayoralty candidates in the municipality of Sultan Gumander, Lanao del Sur, during the May 8, 1995 elections. Said municipality had a total of thirty-two (32) precincts.

On May 20, 1995, during the canvassing of the election returns by the Municipal Board of Canvassers (MBC) headed by Saadia Sansarona, private respondent objected to the inclusion of four (4) election returns from Precinct Nos. 5, 10-1, 20-1 and 20 on the following grounds: a) Precinct Nos. 5 and 10-1 - the election returns were prepared under duress;...