The proclamation of the winning candidates shall be final. An appeal bond of P2,000.00 shall be required which shall be refundable if the appeal is found meritorious. Even if we assume that his procedural lapse was justifiable thus permit his appeal to the RTC to stay the running of the prescriptive period, he should have rectified his error upon receipt of the Order of the RTC dismissing his Appeal on July 10, 1996. Petitioner had several opportunities to avail of the correct remedy. Yet, he procrastinated and acted only when he lost the drawing of lots to respondent.
Records show that Petitioner was duly notified of the proceedings.
He did not appear despite notice. He can not invoke his non-appearance as an excuse for questioning the proceedings. The same was conducted in public. No irregularity or anomaly attending the proceeding was proven by Petitioner. There is therefore no cogent reason to warrant the setting aside of the result thereof.