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2004-05-12 |
SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J. |
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| Petitioner invokes our ruling in Arao vs. COMELEC[4] that "the choice of the people to represent them may not be bargained away by sheer negligence of a party, nor defeated by technical rules of procedure." What she is saying is that the laws governing election contests, especially appreciation of ballots and returns, must be liberally interpreted to the end that the will of the electorate in the choice of public officials may not be defeated by technical infirmities. | |||||