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Del Rosario vs. COMELEC

CYNTHIA S. DEL ROSARIO, FEDERICO N. VIRGO, JR., RENATO V. BALADAD, BEATRIZ A. DIOSO, CORAZON MANALON DAVILA, LORETA N. ALSA, HIYA I. HASSAN, AND JOHN VINCENT C. COLILI, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PALAWAN, AND THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PALAWAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 247610 | 2020-03-10

D E C I S I O N
 
REYES, A., JR., J.:
 
Are the voters of a city which used to be a component city of a province entitled to vote in a plebiscite for the division of said province, even after the city has been converted into a highly urbanized city (HUC)?
 
The Case and Its Antecedents

The present petition for prohibition assails the constitutionality and validity of Republic Act (RA) No. 11259, entitled "Charter of the Provinces of Palawan del Norte, Palawan Oriental, and Palawan del Sur."[1] The bill originated from House Bill Nos. 7413 and 8055, which was initiated in the 17th Congress by the representatives...