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Noli de Castro Vs. Loren Legarda

LOREN B. LEGARDA, Protestant, versus NOLI L. DE CASTRO, Protestee

Pet No. 003 | 2008-01-18

RESOLUTION


QUISUMBING, J.:

On June 23, 2004, Congress sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBC) proclaimed[1] protestee Noli L. de Castro the duly elected Vice-President of the Republic of the Philippines. The official count of the votes cast for Vice-President in the May 10, 2004 elections showed that the protestee obtained the highest number of votes, garnering 15,100,431 votes as against the 14,218,709 votes garnered by the protestant Loren B. Legarda, who placed second, in a field consisting of four candidates for Vice-President.

On July 23, 2004, the protestant filed this protest with this Tribunal praying for the...