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ELECTION LAW: MIRIAM DEFENSORSANTIAGO versus

FIDEL RAMOS (253 SCRA 559)
MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO versus FIDEL RAMOS (253 SCRA 559)
Facts:
The protestant, Miriam DefensorSantiago ran for presidency and lost in the May 1992 election.
In her Motion on the 16th day of August in the year 1995, reiterated in her comment of the 29th
of August of the same year, protestant DefensorSantiago prayed that the revision in the
remaining precincts of the pilot areas be dispensed with and the revision process in the pilot
areas be deemed computed.
The Court deferred action on the motion and required, instead, the protestant and protestee to
submit their respective memoranda. Hence, this petition.
Issue:
Whether or not the election protest filed by DefensorSantiago is moot and academic by her
election as a Senator in the May 1995 election and her assumption of office as such on the 30th

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of June in the year 1995.

Held:
YES. The Court held that the election protest filed by Santiago has been abandoned or
considered withdrawn as a consequence of her election and assumption of office as Senator and
her discharge of the duties and functions thereof.
The protestant abandoned her determination to protest and pursue the public interest involved
in the matter of who is the real choice of the electorate.

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Moreover, the dismissal of this protest would serve public interest as it would dissipate the aura
of uncertainty as to the results of the 1992 presidential elections, thereby enhancing the all too
crucial political stability of the nation during this period of national recovery.
Also, the PET issued a resolution ordering the protestant to inform the PET within 10 days if
after the completion of the revision of the ballots from her pilot areas, she still wishes to
present evidence. Since DS has not informed the Tribunal of any such intention, such is a
manifest indication that she no longer intends to do so.

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