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Tatad vs. Commission on Appointments

FRANCISCO S. TATAD, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON APPOINTMENTS, Respondent.

G.R. No. 183171 | 2008-08-14

R E S O L U T I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:

THE appointment to ambassadorial positions of qualified persons over 70 years of age is at focus in this petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dismissing former Senator Francisco Tatad's appeal from the Order[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Quezon City.

On May 4, 2005, respondent Commission on Appointments (Commission) issued a Certification of Consent[3] and confirmed the appointment of former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Jr. as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China with concurrent jurisdiction over...