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2009-04-07 |
CARPIO MORALES, J. |
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| Petitioners filed a motion for reconsideration, with Nancy filing her own in addition thereto.[37] Their Motion for Reconsideration having been denied,[38] petitioners, except Nancy, filed the fourth above-captioned petition,[39] faulting the Court of Appeals | |||||
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2007-09-21 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| Moreover, in Jaramilla v. Commission on Elections,[15] the Court held that laws governing election contests must be liberally construed to the end that the will of the people in the choice of public officials may not be defeated by mere technical objections.[16] It is highly imperative that the will of the electorate be determined, and technicalities dispensed with if it hampers such determination. A stubborn subservience to technicalities that would result in upholding a patently void proclamation will never be allowed by this Court.[17] | |||||