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PHILCONSA et al. vs. Philippine Government (GPH) 801 Phil. 472

PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION ASSOCIATION (PHILCONSA), REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ, FRANCISCO S. TATAD, ARCHBISHOP RAMON C. ARGUELLES, ARCHBISHOP ROMULO T. DE LA CRUZ, ARCHBISHOP FERNANDO R. CAPALLA, AND NORBERTO B. GONZALES, PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT (GPH), REPRESENTED BY MARVIC M.V.F. LEONEN, AND MIRIAM CORONEL FERRER, MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT, FLORENCIO B. ABAD, AND COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTS. TANGGULANG DEMOKRASYA (TAN DEM), INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT TERESITA DAZA BALTAZAR, PILAR L. CALDERON, RIZALITO YAP DAVID, ROSITA K. IMPERIAL, MA. SALOME A. MABLE, SERAFIN G. OCAMPO, AND ELENA SAN AGUSTIN, PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT (GPH), REPRESENTED BY MARVIC M.V.F. LEONEN AND MIRIAM CORONEL FERRER, AND MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT, REPRESENTED BY MOHAGHER IQBAL, RESPONDENTS. REV. VICENTE LIBRADORES AQUINO, REV MERCIDITA S. REDOBLE, AND INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES FOR PERFECTION AND PARTY AGAINST COMMUNISM AND TERRORISM, INC. REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, PETITIONERS, VS. GPH PEACE PANEL CHIEF NEGOTIATOR ATTY. MARVIC M.V.F. LEONEN, HON. SECRETARY TERESITA QUINTOS-DELES, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON THE PEACE PROCESS, HON. PAQUITO L. OCHOA, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, AND MEMBERS OF THE GPH PEACE PANEL, RESPONDENTS. JACINTO V. PARAS, PETITIONER, VS. MIRIAM CORONEL FERRER, SENEN C. BACANI, YASMIN BUSRAN-LAO, MEHOL K. SADAIN, AND TERESITA DELES, RESPONDENTS. REV. ELLY VELEZ PAMATONG, ESQ., PETITIONER, VS. GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES PEACE PANEL ON BANGSAMORO, REPRESENTED BY ITS NEGOTIATORS, MARVIC M.V.F. LEONEN, AND PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 218406/G.R. No. 218761/G.R. No. 204355/G.R. No. 218407/G.R. No. 204354 | 2016-11-29

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
 
D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO, J.:
 
The Case

Before the Court are consolidated petitions[1] challenging the constitutionality and validity of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) and the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) entered into between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on 27 March 2014 and 12 October 2012, respectively.

In G.R. No. 218406, petitioners Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa), represented by its President Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, Francisco S. Tatad, Archbishop...