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Liga Ng Mga Barangay, Et Al. Vs. Commission On Elections, Et Al.

LIGA NG MGA BARANGAY, and ALEX L. DAVID, petitioners, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, HON. TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR. in his capacity as Executive Secretary, HON. RAFAEL M. ALUNAN III in his capacity as Secretary of Interior and Local Government, HON. SALVADOR M. ENRIQUEZ, JR., in his capacity as Secretary of Budget and Management, HON. CARIDAD R. VALDEHUESA in her capacity as National Treasurer, HON. EDGARDO J. ANGARA in his capacity as Senate President and HON. JOSE C. DE VENECIA, JR. in his capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives, respondents.

G.R. No. 114809 | 1994-05-05

R E S O L U T I O N


PADILLA, J.:

On 18 April 1994, petitioner Liga Ng Mga Barangay, an organization of barangays, represented by petitioner Alex L. David, its president and secretary general as well as a taxpayer, filed this petition for prohibition, with prayer for a temporary restraining order (G.R. No. 114809). Petitioners question what they perceive as "the threatened illegal transfer, disbursement and use of public funds in a manner contrary to the Constitution and the law" 1 relative to the conduct of the forthcoming barangay elections (scheduled for 9 May 1994).

On 22 April 1994, another petition raising the same issues as in...