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Guingona, Jr. vs. Gonzales 214 SCRA 789

TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR., AND LAKAS-NATIONAL UNION OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS (LAKAS-NUCD) petitioners, vs. NEPTALI A. GONZALES, ALBERTO ROMULO AND WIGBERTO E. TANADA, respondent. NATIONALIST PEOPLE'S COALITION, petitioner-in-Intervention.

G.R. No. 106971 | 1992-10-20

D E C I S I O N

CAMPOS, JR., J.:

This is a petition for Prohibition to prohibit, respondents Senators Alberto Romulo and Wigberto Tañada from sitting and assuming the position of members of the Commission on Appointments and to prohibit Senators Neptali Gonzales, as ex-officio Chairman, of said Commission from recognizing and allowing the respondent senators to sit as members thereof.

As a result of the national elections held last May 11, 1992, the Senate is composed of the following members or Senators representing the respective political affiliations:

LDP 15 senators
NPC 5 senators
LAKAS-NUCD 3 senators
LP-PDP-LABAN 1 senator 1 

Applying...