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Jurilla vs. COMELEC
G.R. No. 105436
June 2, 1994; elosillo, J.!
"#C$%! Petitioners Eugenio Jurilla, Marciano Medalla, Bernardo
Nazal, Rey Medina, MelencioCastelo, Godofredo Liban, and private
respondent, ntonio !ernandez "ere a#ong t$ecandidates in t$e
elections for t$e si% positions of councilor for t$e &econd
'istrict of (uezonCity)
*n Marc$ + , -..+, !ernandez filed "it$ C*MELEC $is certificate
of candidacy) /n ite# No) 0t$ereof, $e gave as $is address 1B +0, L
- Ne" Capitol Estates, (uezon City)2 !o"ever, $e didnot indicate
$is Precinct Nu#ber and t$e particular Barangay "$ere $e "as a
registered voter) /n
ot$er "ords, $is certificate of candidacy did not e%pressly
state t$at $e "as a registered voter of(uezon City or t$at $e "as a
resident of t$e &econd 'istrict t$ereof)
Petitioners c$allenged respondent3s 4ualification) !o"ever,
since petitioners only beca#e a"areof suc$ after elections, t$e
petition "as #ade in accordance "it$ Rule +5 of t$e C*MELECRules of
Procedure aut$orizing t$e filing a petition at any day for filing
certificates of candidacy
but not later t$an t$e date of procla#ation)
C*MELEC denied t$e petition for being filed outside t$e
regle#entary period under &ection 5 of R 0060, "$ic$ pertains
to nuisance candidates)
&%%'E! 7as t$e o#ission sufficient to cause t$e
dis4ualification of respondent8
(EL)! N*) /t #ay be gleaned fro# t$e provisions of &ec) .,
par) 9a:, of t$e Local Govern#entCode of -..-, earlier 4uoted, t$at
t$e la" does not specifically re4uire t$at t$e candidate #uststate
in $is certificate of candidacy $is Precinct Nu#ber and t$e
Barangay "$ere $e is registered)
pparently, it is enoug$ t$at $e is actually registered as a
voter in t$e precinct "$ere $e intendsto vote, "$ic$ s$ould be
"it$in t$e district "$ere $e is running for office)
/n t$e case at benc$, $is failure to so state in $is certificate
of candidacy $is Precinct Nu#ber issatisfactorily e%plained by $i#
in t$at at t$e ti#e $e filed $is certificate $e "as not yet
assigned a
particular Precinct Nu#ber in t$e &econd 'istrict of (uezon
City) !e "as for#erly a registeredvoter of Manila, alt$oug$ for t$e
past t"o 9+: years prior to t$e elections $e "as already aresident
of ;B +0, L - Ne" Capitol Estates,; ad#ittedly "it$in t$e
&econd 'istrict of (uezonCity)
