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Arthur Lim and Paulino Ersando vs. Executive Secretary [DECISION]

ARTHUR D. LIM AND PAULINO R. ERSANDO, PETITIONERS, VS. HONORABLE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AS ALTER EGO OF HER EXCELLENCY GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, AND HONORABLE ANGELO REYES IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, RESPONDENTS. SANLAKAS AND PARTIDO NG MANGGAGAWA, PETITIONERS-INTERVENORS, VS. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, ALBERTO ROMULO, ANGELO REYES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 151445 | 2002-04-11

D E C I S I O N
 
 
DE LEON, JR., J.:
 
This case involves a petition for certiorari and prohibition as well as a petition-in-intervention, praying that respondents be restrained from proceeding with the so-called “Balikatan 02-1” and that after due notice and hearing, that judgment be rendered issuing a permanent writ of injunction and/or prohibition against the deployment of U.S. troops in Basilan and Mindanao for being illegal and in violation of the Constitution.

The facts are as follows:

Beginning January of this year 2002, personnel from the armed forces of the United States of America started arriving in Mindanao...