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Almario vs. Alba [SEPARATE OPINION, DISSENTING, RELOVA, J.]

ALEX G. ALMARIO, ISAGANI M. JUNGCO, ESTANISLAO L. CESA, JR., DORINTINO FLORESTA, FIDELA Y. VARGAS, ET AL., petitioners, vs. HON. MANUEL ALBA and THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-66088 | 1984-01-25

SEPARATE OPINION
 
RELOVA, J.:
 
Petition for prohibition to restrain respondents Commission on Elections and Minister of the Budget from holding the plebiscite on 27 January 1984. It is argued that the proposed amendments: Resolution No. 105 which would empower the President of the Philippines to grant alienable lands of the public domain to individuals and landless citizens, and Resolution No. 113 which provides for urban land reform and social housing program, have not been properly and fairly submitted to the understanding of the Filipino people. Paragraph 6 of the petition states that –
 
"These two mentioned...