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Martinez Motion For Resolution
Martinez Motion For Resolution
SUPREME COURT
Manila
September 2005.
among others:
1
Cf. Petition for Certiorari, at 22.
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Complaint”).2 A copy of the news article reporting the filing of the said
by Atty. H. Harry L. Roque, Jr., Angelito Banayo, Atty. Josefina T. Lichauco, Dr.
Ma. Dominga Padilla, Fr. Joe Dizon, Dr. Ma. Serena I. Diokno, Dean Consuelo
Joaquin Paz, Manuel Baviera and Roel Garcia, filed with the House of
occurrences or events which have happened since the filing of the Impeachment
Macapagal-Arroyo.
6. Moreover, Atty. Adel Tamano, on even date, filed with the House of
Pulido Complaint.3 A copy of the news article reporting the filing of the Tamano
9. With this factual background, it is clear that the issues that have
been raised in the instant Petition have resurfaced. Without a definite ruling on
the issues raised in the instant Petition, the Supplemental Complaints are
destined to take the path of the Amended Complaints subject of the instant
Petition.
10. The issues in the instant Petition are “capable of repetition yet
evading review”5 as in fact, these issues have re-emerged with the recent
Honorable Supreme Court must not shirk from its duty to settle these issues once
and for all, for the guidance and peace of mind of all citizens.
instant Petition, that is, the denial of the public’s Constitutional right to hold
obstruction that is preventing the public from the exercise of their rights.
4
See the Philippine Daily Inquirer report regarding this matter at
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=99334.
5
Alunan vs. Mirasol, G.R. No. 108399, July 31, 1997.
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12. Moreover, the records of this case show that the issues have long
been joined. Thus, Petitioners have filed their Consolidated Reply to the
2005 and the Comment to the Petition filed by the Office of the Solicitor General
on 16 January 2006.
PRAYER
By:
ROGER R. RAYEL
Roll No. 44106
PTR No. 8676810, 02.05.07, Quezon City
IBP No. 02159, Lifetime Member
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