Case Digests

  YRA V. ABANO MARCOS YRA, petitioner-appellant v. MAXIMO ABAŇO, respondent G.R. No. 30187. November 15, 1928   TOPIC: VOTER’S REGISTRATION ONE-LINER : Registration regulates the exercise of the right of suffrage. It is not a qualification for such right. FACTS : Maximo Abaño is a native of the municipality of Meycauayan, Bulacan. While temporarily residing in Manila, Abaño registered as a voter there. Shortly after qualifying as a member of the bar and after the death of his father, Abaño returned to Meycauayan to live. From May 10, 1927, until the present, Abaño has considered himself a resident of Meycauayan. When the 1928 elections were approaching, he made an application for cancellation of registration in Manila which was dated April 3, 1928, but this application was rejected by the city officials for the reason that it was not deposited in the mails on or before April 4, 1928. Nevertheless, Abaño presented himself as a candidate for municipal presid...

  SILVERIO R. TAGOLINO v. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND LUCY MARIE TORRES-GOMEZ [G.R. No. 202202. March 19, 2013.] TOPIC: Substitution of Candidates   FACTS: On November 30, 2009, Richard Gomez filed his CoC as Representative for the Fourth Legislative District of Leyte under the ticket of the Liberal Party. One of the opposing candidates, Buenaventura Juntilla filed a Verified Petition alleging that Richard, who was actually a resident of Colgate Street, East Greenhills, San Juan City, Metro Manila, misrepresented in his CoC that he resided in 910 Carlota Hills, Can-adieng, Ormoc City. In this regard, Juntilla asserted that Richard failed to meet the one (1) year residency requirement under Section 6, Article VI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and thus should be declared disqualified/ineligible to run for the said office. In addition, Juntilla prayed that Richard's CoC be denied due course and/or cancelled. COMELEC 1 ST DIVISION: Disqualified Richard Gom...

    DR. TERESITA G. DOMALANTA and DR. AGRIPINA B. FRANCISCO, petitioners v. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, AQUILINO Q. and THE OFFICE OF THE STATE PROSECUTOR, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, MANILA, respondents [G.R. No. 125586. June 29, 2000.] TOPIC: Election offenses as mala in se FACTS: Members of the staff of the Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBC) of Isabela, petitioners included, were charged by respondent Pimentel in a complaint for alleged violation of the Omnibus Election Code with the COMELEC. It was alleged that they participated in the padding of votes in (nine) 9 municipalities in favor of senatorial candidates Juan Ponce Enrile ( 27,755 ), Gregorio Honasan ( 10,000 ) and Ramon Mitra ( 7,000 ). Petitioners, in their counter affidavits, categorically denied the charges, and declared that they faithfully recorded the votes obtained by the candidates. Petitioners were part of the support or technical staff of the PBC of the Province of Isabela. COMELEC issued a...

  BAYAN MUNA, ADVOCACY FOR TEACHER EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ACTION, , COOPERATION AND HARMONY TOWARDS EDUCATIONAL REFORMS, INC., and ABONO, petitioners v. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent [G.R. No. 179295. April 21, 2009. TOPIC: Number of Party-lists, Qualification of Party-list Nominees FACTS: On 27 June 2002, BANAT filed a Petition to Proclaim the Full Number of Party-List Representatives Provided by the Constitution before the National Board of Canvassers (NBC). BANAT filed its petition because "[t]he Chairman and the Members of the [COMELEC] have recently been quoted in the national papers that the [COMELEC] is duty bound to and shall implement the Veterans Federation Party v. COMELEC ruling, that is, would apply the Panganiban formula in allocating party-list seats". On 9 July 2007, Bayan Muna, Abono, and A Teacher asked the COMELEC, acting as NBC, to reconsider its decision to use the Veterans formula as stated in its NBC Resolution No. 07-60 because the Veteran...