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This document is a Supreme Court case from 1995 regarding a dispute over the mayoral election in Magallanes, Agusan del Norte from 1992. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) asserted jurisdiction over the case based on Section 50 of BP Blg. 697, which granted it authority over petitions involving certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus in election cases. However, the Supreme Court had previously ruled that COMELEC did not have jurisdiction over such extraordinary writs. The Court here examines whether Sectio

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