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Colmenares, Bayan Muna vs. Duterte

NERI J. COLMENARES, BAYAN MUNA PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE, ANAKPAWIS PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE ARIEL B. CASILAO, GABRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE EMERENCIANA A. DE JESUS, GABRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE ARLENE D. BROSAS, ACT TEACHERS PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE ANTONIO L. TINIO, ACT TEACHERS PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE FRANCISCA L. CASTRO, KABATAAN PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE SARAH JANE I. ELAGO, KILUSANG MAGBUBUKID NG PILIPINAS CHAIRPERSON DANILO H. RAMOS, AND ELMA A. TUAZON, PETITIONERS, VS. RODRIGO R. DUTERTE, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE SECRETARY CARLOS G. DOMINGUEZ III, NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SECRETARY ERNESTO M. PERNIA, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SECRETARY MENARDO I. GUEVARRA, NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATOR RICARDO R. VISAYA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 246594] NERI J. COLMENARES, BAYAN MUNA PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE, ANAKPAWIS PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE ARIEL B. CASILAO, GABRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE EMMI A. DE JESUS, GABRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE ARLENE D. BROSAS, ACT TEACHERS PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE ANTONIO L. TINIO, ACT TEACHERS PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE FRANCE L. CASTRO, KABATAAN PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE SARAH JANE I. ELAGO, CASEY ANNE CRUZ, FRANCISCA TOLENTINO, APRIL PORTERIA, JOSE LEON A. DULCE, MARIA FINESA COSICO, AND FR. ALEX BERCASIO, CSSR, PETITIONERS, VS. RODRIGO R. DUTERTE, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR REYNALDO V. VELASCO, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE SECRETARY CARLOS G. DOMINGUEZ III, NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SECRETARY ERNESTO M. PERNIA, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT CORPORATE COUNSEL ELPIDIO J. VEGA AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SECRETARY MENARDO I. GUEVARRA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 245981/G.R. No. 246594 | 2022-08-09

D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, J.:
 
Before the Court are two consolidated petitions for prohibition with applications for injunctive relief,[1] assailing the constitutionalities of the Preferential Buyer's Credit Loan Agreement on The Chico River Pump Irrigation Project[2] (CRPIP Loan Agreement) and the Preferential Buyer's Credit Loan Agreement on The New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project[3] (NCWS Loan Agreement) (collectively, Loan Agreements). Through a Resolution dated September 3, 2019,[4] the Court consolidated these petitions considering the similarities of the subject matters, issues...