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Ynot vs Intermediate Appellate Court (IAC) 148 SCRA 659

RESTITUTO YNOT, petitioner, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, THE STATION COMMANDER, INTEGRATED NATIONAL POLICE, BAROTAC NUEVO, ILOILO and THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, REGION IV, ILOILO CITY, respondents.

G.R. No. 74457 | 1987-03-20

D E C I S I O N
 
CRUZ, J.:
 
The essence of due process is distilled in the immortal cry of Themistocles to Alcibiades: "Strike but hear me first!'" It is this cry that the petitioner in effect repeats here as he challenges the constitutionality of Executive Order No. 626-A. 
 
The said executive order reads in full as follows:
 
"WHEREAS, the President has given orders prohibiting the interprovincial movement of carabaos and the slaughtering of carabaos not complying with the requirements of Executive Order No. 626 particularly with respect to age;
 
"WHEREAS, it has been observed that despite...