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Velasco vs. Belmonte Jr. etc. [DECISION]

LORD ALLAN JAY Q. VELASCO, PETITIONER, VS. HON. SPEAKER FELICIANO R. BELMONTE, JR., SECRETARY GENERAL MARILYN[1] B. BARUA-YAP AND REGINA ONGSIAKO REYES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 211140 | 2016-01-12

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
In the same manner that this Court is cautioned to be circumspect because one party is the son of a sitting Justice of this Court, so too must we avoid abjuring what ought to be.done as dictated by law and justice solely for that reason.

Before this Court is a Petition for Mandamus filed under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, as amended, by Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco (Velasco) against Hon. Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. (Speaker Belmonte, Jr.), Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Marilyn B. Barua-Yap (Sec. Gen. Barua-Yap), Secretary General, House of Representatives, and Hon. Regina Ongsiako...