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the date of the contract of lease of a house and lot located in the
province of Sarangani, i.e., 15 January 1997, cannot be used, in
the absence of other circumstances, as the reckoning period of the
oneyear residence requirement.
Same; Same; Same; Same; While voting is not conclusive of
residence, it does give rise to a strong presumption of residence
exercising the right of election franchise is a deliberate public
asser
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Rollo, 5154.
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Landero;
2. Annex 2Copy of the ExtraJudicial Settlement
of Estate with Absolute Deed of sale executed by
and between the heirs of deceased spouses Maximo
and Remedios Dacaldacal, namely: Maria Lourdes,
Jupiter and Beberlie and the respondent on
November 4, 1997, subscribed and sworn to before
Notary Public Jose A. Alegario;
3. Annex 3True Carbon Xerox copy of the Decision
dated January 19, 1998, of the Metropolitan Trial
Court of Metro Manila, Branch 35, Quezon City, in
Election Case No. 725 captioned as In the Matter of
the Petition for the Exclusion from the List of voters
of Precinct No. 4400A Brgy. Old Balara, Quezon
City, Spouses Juan and Zorayda Domino,
Petitioners, versus Elmer M. Kayanan, Election
Officer, Quezon City, District III, and the Board of
Election Inspectors of Precinct No. 4400A, Old
Balara, Quezon City, Respondents. The dispositive
portion of which reads:
1. Declaring the registration of petitioners as voters of
Precinct No. 4400A, Barangay Old Balara, in
District III Quezon City as completely erroneous as
petitioners were no longer residents of Quezon City
but of Alabel, Sarangani where they have been
residing since December 1996;
2. Declaring this erroneous registration of petitioners
in Quezon City as done in good faith due to an
honest mistake caused by circumstances beyond
their control and without any fault of petitioners;
3. Approving the transfer of registration of voters of
petitioners from Precinct No. 4400A of Barangay
Old Balara, Quezon City to Precinct No. 14A1 of
Barangay Poblacion of Alabel, Sarangani; and
4. Ordering the respondents to immediately transfer
and forward all the election/voters registration
records of the petitioners in Quezon City to the
Election Officer, the Election Registration Board
and other Comelec Offices of Alabel, Sarangani
where the petitioners are obviously qualified to
exercise their respective rights of suffrage;
4. Annex 4Copy of the Application for Transfer of
Registration Records due to Change of Residence
addressed to Mantil Alim, COMELEC Registrar,
Alabel, Sarangani, dated August 30, 1997;
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Rollo, 4548.
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Rollo, 4849.
Rollo, 352.
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Id., 1535.
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2nd par. of Sec. 142, Art. XII of the Omnibus Election Code.
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Romualdez v. RTC, Br. 7, Tacloban City, 226 SCRA 408, 415 [1993],
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Supra note 18, at 415, citing 17 Am. Jur., sec. 16, pp. 599601;
Romualdez v. RTC, Br. 7, Tacloban City, 226 SCRA 408, 415 [1993].
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intervenor, may during the pendency thereof order the suspension of the
proclamation of such candidate whenever the evidence of his guilt is
strong.
SEC. 7. Petition to Deny Due Course or to Cancel a Certificate of
Candidacy.The procedure hereinabove provided shall apply to
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121 [1969].
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SEPARATE OPINION
PANGANIBAN, J.:
I concur in the result: the petitioner failed to fulfill the
oneyear residence requirement in order to qualify as a
candi
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x x x the act or fact of dwelling in a place for some time x x x; the act or
fact of living or regularly staying at or in some place for the discharge of a
duty or the enjoyment of a benefit x x x; the place where one actually lives
as distinguished from his domicile or a place of temporary sojourn x x x.
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three decades ago, this Court declared:
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