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The National Liga ng Mga Barangay vs Hon Victoria Isabel Paredes, et al

THE NATIONAL LIGA NG MGA BARANGAY, represented by ALTHE NATIONAL LIGA NG MGA BARANGAY, represented by ALEX L. DAVID in his capacity as National President and for his own Person, President ALEX L. DAVID, petitioners, vs. HON. VICTORIA ISABEL A. PAREDES, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 124, Caloocan City, and THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR and LOCAL GOVERNMENT, represented the HON. SECRETARY ROBERT Z. BARBERS and MANUEL A. RAYOS, respondents.

G.R. No. 130775 | 2004-09-27

D E C I S I O N

Tinga, J.:

At bottom, the present petition inquires into the essential nature of the Liga ng mga Barangay and questions the extent of the power of Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), as alter ego of the President. More immediately, the petition disputes the validity of the appointment of the DILG as the interim caretaker of the Liga ng mga Barangay.

On 11 June 1997, private respondent Manuel A. Rayos [as petitioner therein], Punong Barangay of Barangay 52, District II, Zone 5, District II, Caloocan City, filed a petition for prohibition and mandamus, with prayer for a writ of preliminary...