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Samuel C. Occe?a vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

SAMUEL C. OCCE?A, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, COMMISSION ON AUDIT, NATIONAL TREASURER, and DIRECTOR OF PRINTING, respondents.

G.R. No. L-52265 | 1980-01-28

D E C I S I O N


ANTONIO, J.:

Petition for prohibition seeking to restrain respondents from implementing Batas Pambansa Blg. 51 (providing for the elective and/or appointive positions in various local governments), 52 (governing the election of local government officials scheduled on January 30, 1980), 53 (defining the rights and privileges of accredited parties), and 54 (providing for a plebiscite, simultaneously with the election of local officials on January 30, 1980, regarding the proposed amendment of Article X, Section 7, of the 1973 Constitution). The constitutional issues raised are: (1) whether or not the Interim Batasang...