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Bautista vs. Salonga [DECISION]

MARY CONCEPCION BAUTISTA, petitioner, vs. SENATOR JOVITO R. SALONGA, COMMISSION ON APPOINTMENTS, COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND HESIQUIO R. MALLILLIN, respondents.

G.R. No. 86439 | 1989-04-13

D E C I S I O N
 
PADILLA, J.:
 
The Court had hoped that its decision in Sarmiento III vs. Mison,[1] would have settled the question of which appointments by the President, under the 1987 Constitution, are to be made with and without the review of the Commission on Appointments.  The Mison case was the first major case under the 1987 Constitution and in construing Sec. 16, Art. VII of the 1987 Constitution which provides:
 
"The President shall nominate and, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, appoint the heads of the executive departments, ambassadors, other public...