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Agcaoili vs. Fariñas

PEDRO S. AGCAOILI, JR., ENCARNACION A. GAOR, JOSEPHINE P. CALAJATE, GENEDINE D. JAMBARO, EDEN C. BATTULAYAN, EVANGELINE C. TABULOG, PETITIONERS, MARIA IMELDA JOSEFA "IMEE" R. MARCOS, CO-PETITIONER, V. THE HONORABLE REPRESENTATIVE RODOLFO C. FARIÑAS, THE HONORABLE REPRESENTATIVE JOHNNY T. PIMENTEL, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, AND LT. GEN. ROLAND DETABALI (RET.), IN HIS CAPACITY AS SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RESPONDENTS, THE COMMITTEE ON GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, CO-RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 232395 | 2018-07-03

D E C I S I O N
 
TIJAM, J.:
 
Styled as an Omnibus Petition,[1] petitioners Pedro S. Agcaoili, Jr. (Agcaoili, Jr.), Encarnacion A. Gaor (Gaor), Josephine P. Calajate (Calajate), Genedine D. Jambaro (Jambaro), Eden C. Battulayan (Battulayan), Evangeline C. Tabulog (Tabulog) – all employees[2] of the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte and storied as "Ilocos 6" – seek that the Court assume jurisdiction over the Habeas Corpus Petition[3] earlier filed by petitioners before the Court of Appeals (CA),[4] and upon assumption, to direct the CA to forward the records of the case to the...