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Valles v. COMELEC, GR 137000, August 9, 2000
Valles v. COMELEC, GR 137000, August 9, 2000
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G.R. No. 137000. August 9, 2000.
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PURISIMA, J.:
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1 Rollo, p. 31.
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“Assuming arguendo that res judicata does not apply and We are
to dispose the instant case on the merits trying it de novo, the
above table definitely shows that petitioner herein has presented
no new evidence to disturb the Resolution of this Commission in
SPA No. 95-066. The present petition merely restates the same
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Although the general rule was set forth in the case of Moy
Ya Lim Yao, the case did not foreclose the weight of prior
rulings on citizenship. It elucidated that reliance may
somehow be placed on these antecedent official findings,
though 14not really binding, to make the effort easier or
simpler. Indeed, there appears sufficient basis to rely on
the prior rulings of the Commission on Elections in SPA
No. 95-066 and EPC 92-54 which resolved the issue of
citizenship in favor of the herein private respondent. The
evidence adduced by petitioner is substantially the same
evidence presented in these two prior cases. Petitioner
failed to show any new evidence or supervening event to
warrant a reversal of such prior resolutions. However, the
procedural issue notwithstanding, considered on the
merits, the petition cannot prosper.
WHEREFORE, the petition is hereby DISMISSED and
the COMELEC Resolutions, dated July 17, 1998 and
January 15, 1999, respectively, in SPA No. 98-336
AFFIRMED.
Private respondent Rosalind Ybasco Lopez is hereby
adjudged qualified to run for governor of Davao Oriental.
No pronouncement as to costs.
SO ORDERED.
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