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Miranda Vs Abaya
Miranda Vs Abaya
MIRANDA
MIRANDA VS. ANTONIO
ANTONIO M. ABAYA
ABAYA
2n May
May 3, 1!
1!,, (ay
(ay beyo
beyond
nd the
the dead
deadli
line
ne for
for lin
ling
g a cert
certi
ica
cate
te of
candidacy, petitioner Joel ) Miranda led his certicate of candidacy for
the mayoralty post, supposedly as a substitute for his father, Jose "Pempe"
Mira
Mirand
ndaa %uri
%uring
ng the
the May
May 11,
11, 1!
1! elec
electi
tion
ons,
s, peti
petiti
tion
oner
er and
and pri#
pri#at
ate
e
respondent #ied for the mayoralty seat, (ith petitioner garnering 44,554
#otes, 1,333 more #otes than pri#ate respondent (ho got only 45, 663 #otes
Issue<
Issue< 82+
82+ thethe peti
petiti
tion
oner
er,, (h
(ho
o (as
(as beyo
beyond
nd the
the dead
deadli
line
ne for
for lin
ling
g a
certicate of candidacy, be =ualied to substitute a candidate (hose C2C
(as cancelled and denied>
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