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Javellana vs. The Executive Secretary, et al. [ SEPARATE OPINION ESGUERRA, J. ]

JOSUE JAVELLANA, petitioner, vs. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE and THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE, respondents. / VIDAL TAN, J. ANTONIO ARANETA, ALEJANDRO ROCES, MANUEL CRUDO, ANTONIO U. MIRANDA, EMILIO DE [ SEPARATE OPINION ESGUERRA, J. ]

G.R. No. L-36142 / No. L-36164 / No. L-36165 / No. L-36236 / No. L-36283 | 1973-03-31

SEPARATE OPINION

ESGUERRA, J.:

For Dismissal of Petitions 

These petitions seek to stop and prohibit the respondents Executive Officers from implementing the Constitution signed on November 30, 1972; in L-36165, to compel respondents Gil Puyat and Jose J. Roy, President and President Pro-Tempore, respectively, of the Senate under the 1935 Constitution, to convene the Senate in regular session which should have started on January 22, 1973; to nullify Proclamation No. 1102 of the President issued on January 17, 1973, which declared the ratification of the Constitution on November 30, 1972, by the Filipino people, through the barangays or...