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Chiongbian vs Orbos 245 SCRA 253

CONGRESSMAN JAMES L. CHIONGBIAN (Third District, South Cotabato), ADELBERT W. ANTONINO (First District, South Cotabato), WILFREDO G. CAINGLET (Third District, Zamboanga del Norte), HILARION RAMIRO, JR. (Second Division, Misamis Occidental), ERNESTO S. AMATONG (Second District, Zamboanga del Norte), ALVIN G. DANS (Lone District, Basilan), ABDULLAH M. DIMAPORO (Second District, Lanao del Norte), and CONGRESSWOMAN MARIA CLARA A. LOBREGAT (Lone District, Zamboanga City), petitioners, vs. HON. OSCAR M. ORBOS, Executive Secretary; COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SEC. FIDEL V. RAMOS, CABINET OFFICERS FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR REGIONS X and XII, CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR REGION X, CHAIRMAN JESUS V. AYALA, CABINET OFFICERS FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR REGIONS XI and XII, DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SECRETARIAT, PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT STAFF, HON. GUILLERMO CARAGUE, Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management; and HON. ROSALINA S. CAJUCUM, OIC National Treasurer, respondents.

G.R. No. 96754 | 1995-06-22

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MENDOZA, J.: 

These suits challenge the validity of a provision of the Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (R.A. No. 6734), authorizing the President of the Philippines to "merge" by administrative determination the regions remaining after the establishment of the Autonomous Region, and the Executive Order issued by the President pursuant to such authority, "Providing for the Reorganization of Administrative Regions in Mindanao." A temporary restraining order prayed for by the petitioners was issued by this Court on January 29, 1991, enjoining the respondents from enforcing the...