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the party-list election in 2004, but failed to win a seat in
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group. The petition was junked on April 17, 2012, since the contested term had already expired, making its petition moot and academic.
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elected officials and violated "the letter and spirit" of the 1987 Constitution. Those named in the petition included
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Candidate for
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Atty. Samson S. Alcantara < UST College of Civil Law
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