EN BANC
G.R. No. 187883
June 16, 2009
ATTY.
OLIVER O. LOZANO and ATTY. EVANGELINE J. LOZANO-ENDRIANO vs. SPEAKER PROSPERO
C. NOGRALES, Representative, Majority, House of Representatives
G.R. NO. 187910
June 16, 2009
LOUIS
"BAROK" C. BIRAOGO vs. SPEAKER PROSEPRO C. NOGRALES, Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Congress of the Philippines
HELD:
"In the present case, the fitness of petitioners’ case for the exercise
of judicial review is grossly lacking. In the first place, petitioners
have not sufficiently proven any adverse injury or hardship from the act
complained of. In the second place, House Resolution No. 1109 only
resolved that the House of Representatives shall convene at a future time
for the purpose of proposing amendments or revisions to the Constitution.
No actual convention has yet transpired and no rules of procedure have
yet been adopted. More importantly, no proposal has yet been made,
and hence, no usurpation of power or gross abuse of discretion has yet
taken place. In short, House Resolution No. 1109 involves a quintessential
example of an uncertain contingent future event that may not occur as anticipated,
or indeed may not occur at all. The House has not yet performed a positive
act that would warrant an intervention from this Court."
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