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Anak Mindanao Party-List Group vs. Executive Secretary

ANAK MINDANAO PARTY-LIST GROUP, as represented by Rep. Mujiv S. Hataman, and MAMALO DESCENDANTS ORGANIZATION, INC., as represented by its Chairman Romy Pardi, Petitioners, versus THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE HON. EDUARDO R. ERMITA, and THE SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN/LAND REFORM, THE HON. RENE C. VILLA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 166052 | 2007-08-29

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Petitioners Anak Mindanao Party-List Group (AMIN) and Mamalo Descendants Organization, Inc. (MDOI) assail the constitutionality of Executive Order (E.O.) Nos. 364 and 379, both issued in 2004, via the present Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition with prayer for injunctive relief.

E.O. No. 364, which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued on September 27, 2004, reads:

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 364

TRANSFORMING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND REFORM

WHEREAS, one of the five reform packages of the Arroyo administration is Social Justice and Basic [N]eeds;

WHEREAS, one of the five...