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Moren v.

COMELEC
GR 168550
Facts: The petitioner is the accused in an aritrar! detention case "herein he "as convicted
therein and suse#uent$! app$ied %or and &ranted proation.
'%ter the proation period the petitioner ran as a punon& aran&a!( ut "as dis#ua$i%ied ! the
respondent.
)ssue: *hether or not the proation o% the accused ar hi+ %ro+ runnin& in an e$ective o%%ice.

,e$d: -o( since the prohiition in runnin& in an e$ective o%%ice "as an accessor! pena$t!. "hich
"as suspended durin& the proation period and "as restored to the accused a%ter the dischar&e
o% the proation.
'$so on$! those accused "ho served their sentence "as prohiited %ro+ runnin& in an e$ective
o%%ice( and since proation does not e#uate to the servin& o% sentence the accused herein is not
arred to run %or a pu$ic o%%ice.

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