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Enrique T. Garcia vs. Commission On Elections (COMELEC) 237 SCRA 279

ENRIQUE T. GARCIA, ET AL., petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF MORONG, BATAAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 111230 | 1994-09-30

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

The 1987 Constitution is borne of the conviction that people power can be trusted to check excesses of government. One of the means by which people power can be exercised is thru initiatives where local ordinances and resolutions can be enacted or repealed. An effort to trivialize the effectiveness of people's initiatives ought to be rejected.

In its Pambayang Kapasyahan Blg. 10, Serye 1993, 1 The Sangguniang Bayan ng Morong, Bataan agreed to the inclusion of the municipality of Morong as part of the Subic Special Economic Zone in accord with Republic Act No. 7227.

On May 24, 1993, petitioners filed a petition 2...