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Bayan, et al. vs. Eduardo Ermita, et al./ Jess Del Prado, et al. vs. Eduardo Ermita, et al.

BAYAN, KARAPATAN, KILUSANG MAGBUBUKID NG PILIPINAS (KMP), GABRIELA, Fr. Jose Dizon, Renato Constantino, Jr., Froyel Yaneza, and Fahima Tajar, Petitioners vs. EDUARDO ERMITA, in his capacity as Executive Secretary, Manila City Mayor LITO ATIENZA, Chief of the Philippine National Police, Gen. ARTURO M. LOMIBAO, NCRPO Chief Maj. Gen. VIDAL QUEROL, and Western Police District Chief Gen. PEDRO BULAONG, Respondents.

G.R. No. 169838 | 2006-04-25

EN BANC

D E C I S I O N 


AZCUNA, J.:

Petitioners come in three groups. 

The first petitioners, Bayan, et al., in G.R. No. 169838, [1] allege that they are citizens and taxpayers of the Philippines and that their rights as organizations and individuals were violated when the rally they participated in on October 6, 2005 was violently dispersed by policemen implementing Batas Pambansa (B.P.) No. 880. 

The second group consists of 26 individual petitioners, Jess del Prado, et al., in G.R. No. 169848, [2] who allege that they were injured, arrested and detained when a peaceful mass action they held on September 26, 2005 was...