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In City of San Lorenzo, the Mayor-elect is proclaimed after local elections. A private citizen files a petition for quo warranto with the Supreme Court challenging the Mayor-elect’s right to hold the office, claiming that (i) the Mayor-elect did not meet the residency requirement for the city for the period immediately preceding the election, and (ii) the Mayor-elect is not a registered voter of the city. The petition argues that these grounds show the Mayor-elect lacks a lawful title to the office. (a) Identify the central doctrine and the controlling rule on quo warranto as a remedy to test the right to public office. (b) Distinguish quo warranto from other remedies such as election protest and certiorari, and state who may file and under what circumstances. (c) Apply the rule to the facts: do the allegations establish lack of right to hold the office, and what is the likely outcome.