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Mauyag Papandayan, Jr. vs The COMELEC and Fahida Balt

MAUYAG B. PAPANDAYAN, JR., petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and FAHIDA P. BALT, respondents.

G.R. No. 147909 | 2002-04-16

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari to annul the resolution, dated May 8, 2001, of the Second Division[1] of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), disqualifying petitioner Mauyag B. Papandayan, Jr. as a candidate for municipal mayor of the Municipality of Tubaran, Province of Lanao del Sur in the May 14, 2001 elections, and the resolution of the COMELEC en banc, dated May 12, 2001, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

In the May 14, 2001 elections, three candidates ran for the position of mayor of Tubaran, Lanao del Sur, namely: petitioner Mauyag B. Papandayan, Jr., respondent Fahida P. Balt, who...