The Supreme Court (SC), sitting en banc, has affirmed a ruling of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on the residency requirement for electoral candidates by upholding the disqualification of a winning mayoralty bet in Uyugan, Batanes, in the 2013 elections.

Penned by Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, the decision found no grave abuse of discretion by the Comelec First Division and the Comelec en banc on May 3, 2013 and the November 6, 2013, respectively.

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