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Abdulakarim Utto vs COMELEC, Datu Almansa Angas, et al

ABDULAKARIM D. UTTO, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, DATU ALMANSA B. ANGAS and THE NEW MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF SULTAN SA BARONGIS, respondents.

G.R. No. 150111 | 2002-01-31

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

In this petition for certiorari and prohibition, petitioner seeks to annul the resolutions[1] of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc, affirming in toto the resolution of the Comelec (First Division)[2] directing the inclusion of five (5) election returns excluded by the municipal board of canvassers during the canvass of votes for the May 14, 2001 election in the municipality of Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao and finding petitioner's proclamation to be illegal and void ab initio.

Petitioner Abdulkarim D. Utto and respondent Datu Almansa B. Angas were candidates for the position of the mayor of the...