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Laban Ng Demokratikong Pilipino vs COMELEC and Agapito Aquino

LABAN NG DEMOKRATIKONG PILIPINO, represented by its Chairman EDGARDO J. ANGARA vs. THE COMMISION ON ELECTIONS and AGAPITO A. AQUINO

G.R. No. 161265 | 2004-02-24

D E C I S I O N

TINGA, J.:

The Bible tells the story of how two women came to King Solomon to decide who among them is the baby's true mother. King Solomon, in his legendary wisdom, awarded the baby to the woman who gave up her claim after he threatened to split the baby into two.

It is fortunate that the two women did not ask the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to decide the baby's fate; otherwise, it would have cut the baby in half. For that is what the COMELEC exactly did in this case.

On December 8, 2003, the General Counsel of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), a registered political party, informed the COMELEC by way of...