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Rogelio Siquian Jr vs COMELEC and Felicitas Ong

ROGELIO G. SIQUIAN, JR., petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and FELICITAS P. ONG, respondents.

G.R. No. 135627 | 1999-12-09

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Petitioner and private respondent were candidates for mayor in Angadanan, Isabela in the May 11, 1998 elections. In the canvassing of votes, petitioner interposed no objections to the inclusion of election returns from several precincts. It was only on May 16, 1998 that he presented objections to the inclusion of certain returns on various grounds such as the presence of the Barangay Captain in the polling areas, that the latter was influencing his constituents to vote for a certain candidate, and the election returns were accomplished in areas outside of the polling centers. On the same date, private...