Republic of the Philippines

COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS
Quezon City
______________,
Petitioner,
---versus--____No.____
___________Division
______________,
Respondent
PETITION TO DENY DUE COURSE
AND TO CANCEL CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY
Petitioner, through counsel, respectfully alleges:
1. Petitioner _____________, is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, __________ years of
age, able to read and write English, Tagalog, Ilocano, a registered voter of __________, and is
and has been a resident __________, continously since ___________up to the present.
2. Petitioner duly filed his certificate of candidacy for the on of _________, on __________, for
the election on _________, the office of the ____________[Specify, such as, Commission on
Elections, provincial election supervisor or city or municipal registrar, as appropriate], of
___________, and who accepted and knowledged the same.
3. Respondent ___________, resides at ___________, filed certificate of candidacy, for the same
position as that for which petitioner duly filed a certificate of candidacy, for the election
on____________.
4. Respondent's certificate of candidacy contains material representations to the effect that
__________[Specify], but that such representations are false and that he is not eligible for the
position for which he filed a certificate of candidacy because ___________[specify grounds,
such as: the position requires that the candidate be a natural-born citizen of the Philippines.
Respondent does not meet that qualification because he is a United States citizen, having been
born to parents who are citizens of the United States, although he was born in the Philippines.
5. This petition is filed within the reglementary period within five days following the last day for
the filing of certificate of candidacy.
WHEREFORE, petitioner prays that this Commission:
1. Declare respondent ineligible for the position for which he filed a certificate of candidacy and to
deny due course to such filing and to cancel to such filing and to cancel the certificate of
candidacy.
2. Direct the various boards of election inspectors of the Province of _____________ and the
Provincial Board of Canvassers of such province not to count any votes cast for respondent's
3. In the event that this petition is not decided before election day, petitioner prays that the elcetion

officials in ________, [specify] be directed forthwith to exclude the votes received by

respondent from the counting.
4. Petitioner asks the Commission to order private respondent to pay petitioner the following
damages, costs, and attorney's fees: _______[specify], including exemplary or punitive damages
to deter ineligible people from running from office and wasting the time, money, and effort of
their opponents and of the Commission in having them disqualified.
5. Petitioner asks the Commission grant such further and other relif as the Commission may deem
just and equitable.
______________[Date and place]

____________________________
[counsel's siganture, printed name,
address, IBP, PTR, etc]

VERIFICATION
___________ is the petitioner in this case, he has read the petition, and that all the allegations
thereof are true of his own knowledge.
___________[date and place]

_______________________
[Printed Name and Signature]