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Kilosbayan Foundation, et al. Vs. Leoncio M. Janolo, Jr., etc., et al.

KILOSBAYAN FOUNDATION and BANTAY KATARUNGAN FOUNDATION, as represented by JOVITO R. SALONGA, Petitioners, versus LEONCIO M. JANOLO, JR., PRESIDING JUDGE, RTC, BRANCH 264, PASIG CITY; GREGORY S. ONG, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SANDIGANBAYAN; and THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF SAN JUAN, METRO MANILA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 180543 | 2010-07-27

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

On July 9, 2007, private respondent Gregory Ong (Ong), following the promulgation of the Court's Decision in Kilosbayan Foundation v. Ermita,[1] filed a petition[2] under Rule 108 of the Rules Court for the "amendment/correction/supplementation or annotation" of the entry on citizenship in his Certificate of Birth, docketed as Sp. Proc. No. 11767-SJ and raffled to Branch 264 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig City over which public respondent Leoncio Janolo, Jr. presided.

Via the present recourse of certiorari and prohibition, petitioners Kilosbayan Foundation and Bantay Katarungan Foundation...