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Mabanag vs Lopez Vito 78 Phil 1

ALEJO MABANAG, ET AL., petitioners, vs. JOSE LOPEZ VITO, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-1123 | 1947-03-05

 
D E C I S I O N 
 
TUASON, J: 
 
This is a petition for prohibition to prevent the enforcement of a congressional resolution designated "Resolution of both houses proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Philippines to be appended as an ordinance thereto." The members of the Commission on Elections, the Treasurer of the Philippines, the Auditor General, and the Director of the Bureau of Printing are made defendants, and the petitioners are eight senators, seventeen representatives, and the presidents of the Democratic Alliance, the Popular Front and the Philippine Youth Party. The validity of the...