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Jovito R. Salonga vs. Ernani Cruz Pano, et al. 134 scra 438

JOVITO R. SALONGA, petitioner, vs. HON. ERNANI CRUZ PANO, Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XVIII (Quezon City), HON. JUDGE RODOLFO ORTIZ, Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XXXI (Quezon City) CITY FISCAL SERGIO APOSTOL of Quezon City; COL. BALBINO DIEGO and COL. ROMAN MADELLA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-59524 | 1985-02-18

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The petitioner invokes the constitutionally protected right to life and liberty guaranteed by the due process clause, alleging that no prima facie case has been established to warrant the filing of an information for subversion against him. Petitioner asks this Court to prohibit and prevent the respondents from using the iron arm of the law to harass, oppress, and persecute him, a member of the democratic opposition in the Philippines.

The background of this case is a matter of public knowledge.

A rash of bombings occurred in the Metro Manila area in the months of August, September and October of 1980. On...