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Petitioner-Organizations, namely: Pambansang Koalisyon ng mga Samahang Magsasaka at Manggagawa sa Niyugan (PKSMMN), et al. Vs. Executive Secretary, et al./Teodoro J. Amor, representing the Peasant Alliance of Samar and Leyte (PASALEY), et al. Vs. Executive Secretary, et al.

PETITIONER-ORGANIZATIONS, NAMELY: PAMBANSANG KOALISYON NG MGA SAMAHANG MAGSASAKA AT MANGGAGAWA SA NIYUGAN (PKSMMN), COCONUT INDUSTRY REFORM MOVEMENT (COIR), BUKLOD NG MALAYANG MAGBUBUKID, PAMBANSANG KILUSAN NG MGA SAMAHANG MAGSASAKA (PAKISAMA), CENTER FOR AGRARIAN REFORM, EMPOWERMENT AND TRANSFORMATION (CARET), PAMBANSANG KATIPUNAN NG MGA SAMAHAN SA KANAYUNAN (PKSK); PETITIONER- LEGISLATOR: REPRESENTATIVE LORETA ANN ROSALES; AND PETITIONER-INDIVIDUALS, NAMELY: VIRGILIO V. DAVID, JOSE MARIE FAUSTINO, JOSE CONCEPCION, ROMEO ROYANDOYAN, JOSE V. ROMERO, JR., ATTY. CAMILO L. SABIO, AND ATTY. ANTONIO T. CARPIO, PETITIONERS, VS. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN REFORM, PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, PHILIPPINE COCONUT PRODUCERS FEDERATION, INC. (COCOFED), AND UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK (UCPB), RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 147036-37 | 2012-04-10

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D E C I S I O N

 

ABAD, J.:

 

 

          These are consolidated petitions to declare unconstitutional certain presidential decrees and executive orders of the martial law era relating to the raising and use of coco-levy funds.

 

The Facts and the Case

 

          On June 19, 1971 Congress enacted Republic Act (R.A.) 6260[1] that established a Coconut Investment Fund (CI Fund) for the development of the coconut industry through capital financing.[2]  Coconut farmers were to capitalize and administer the Fund through the Coconut Investment Company (CIC)[3] whose...