03 Sampayan vs Daza

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cooqtessloool ulsttlct of Nottbeto 5omot leJ by Meloolo 5ompoyoo
kespooJeot cooq kool uozo ooJ otbet offlcets of tbe nok


Iacts
Cn leb 18 1992 peLlLloners flled Lhe lnsLanL peLlLlon for prohlblLlon seeklng Lo dlsquallfy Cong
uaza from conLlnulng Lo exerclse Lhe funcLlons of hls offlce on Lhe ground LhaL he ls a lawful permanenL
resldenL of Lhe uS slnce 1974 eLlLloners allege LhaL Cong uaza vlolaLed SecLlon 68 of 8 881 (Cmnlbus
LlecLlon Code) and SecLlon 18 ArLlcle 11 of Lhe 1987 ConsLlLuLlon

eLlLloners as manlfesLed before Lhe CourL llkewlse flled before Lhe Comelec on Aprll 7 1992 a
peLlLlon Lo dlsquallfy Cong uaza from runnlng ln Lhe May 11 1992 elecLlons on Lhe same basls and Lhe
sald peLlLlon ls concerned wlLh Lhe unlawful assumpLlon of offlce by Cong uaza from 1987 Lo 1992

Cn Aprll 10 1992 Cong uaza flled hls commenL denylng Lhe facL LhaL he ls a permanenL
resldenL of Lhe uS and LhaL alLhough he was accorded a permanenL resldency sLaLus ln 1980 he had
long walved hls sLaLus when he reLurned Lo Lhe hlllpplnes ln 1983

ln hls response Lo Lhe peLlLlon before Lhe Comelec Cong uaza asked Lhe CourL Lo dlrecL Lhe
Comelec Lo dlsmlss Lhe dlsquallflcaLlon case agalnsL hlm slnce lL would become mooL when Lhe CourL
flnds LhaL hls permanenL resldenL vlsa sLaLus ceased when we he was granLed a uS nonlmmlgranL vlsa


Issue
WCn Cong uaza should be dlsquallfled as a member of Lhe Po8 for vlolaLlon of SecLlon 68 of
Lhe Cmnlbus LlecLlon Code


ne|d
1he Court voted to d|sm|ss the |nstant proh|b|t|on case as |t was a|ready moot and academ|c
slnce Lhe manlfesLaLlon seeklng Lo unseaL respondenL was daLed Aprll 6 1992 whlle Lhe respondenL's
Lerm ends on !une 30 1992

1he CourL also held LhaL Lhe [urlsdlcLlon of Lhe case rlghLfully perLalns Lo Lhe Pouse LlecLoral
1rlbunal whlch ls Lhe sole [udge of all conLesLs relaLlng Lo Lhe elecLlon reLurns and quallflcaLlon of lLs
members 1he approprlaLe remedy should have been Lo flle a peLlLlon Lo cancel respondenL uaza's
cerLlflcaLe of candldacy before Lhe elecLlon or a oo wottooto case wlLh Lhe Pouse LlecLoral 1rlbunal
wlLhln 10 days afLer uaza's proclamaLlon

Llkewlse a wrlL of prohlblLlon can no longer be lssued slnce hls Lerm has already explred A wrlL
of prohlblLlon ls noL lnLended Lo provlde for acLs already consummaLed