[G.R. No. 73748. May 22, 1986.]
LAWYERS LEAGUE FOR A BETTER PHILIPPINES AND/OR OLIVER A. LOZANO, petitioner, vs. PRESIDENT CORAZON C. AQUINO, ET AL., respondents.
[G.R. No. 73972. May 22, 1986.]
PEOPLE’S CRUSADE FOR SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION, ETC., petitioner, vs. MRS. CORY AQUINO, ET AL., respondents.
[G.R. No. 73990. May 22, 1986.]
COUNCILOR CLIFTON U. GANAY, petitioner, vs. CORAZON C. AQUINO, ET AL., respondents.
Gentlemen :
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Banc dated May 22, 1986.
“G.R. No. 73748, Lawyers League for a Better Philippines and/or Oliver A. Lozano vs. President Corazon C. Aquino, et al.; G.R. No. 73972, People’s Crusade for Supremacy of the Constitution, etc. vs. Mrs. Cory Aquino, et al.; and G.R. No. 73990, Councilor Clifton U. Ganay vs. Corazon C. Aquino, et al.
In G.R. No. 73748, Lawyers League for a Better Philippines vs. President Corazon C. Aquino, et al., G.R. No. 73972, People’s Crusade for Supremacy of the Constitution vs. Mrs. Cory Aquino, et al., and G.R. No. 73990, Councilor Clifton U. Ganay vs. Corazon C. Aquino, et al., the legitimacy of the government of President Aquino is questioned. It is claimed that her government is illegal because it was not established pursuant to the 1973 Constitution.
As early as April 10, 1986, this Court* had already voted to dismiss the petitions for the reasons to be stated below. On April 17, 1986, Atty. Lozano as counsel for the petitioners in G.R. Nos. 73748 and 73972 withdrew the petitions and manifested that they would pursue the question by extra-judicial methods. The withdrawal is functus oficio.
The three petitions obviously are not impressed with merit. Petitioners have no personality to sue and their petitions state no Cause of Action. For the legitimacy of the Aquino government is not a justiciable matter. It belongs to the realm of politics where only the people of the Philippines are the judge. And the people have made the judgement; they have accepted the government of President Corazon C. Aquino which is in effective control of the entire country so that it is not merely a De Facto government but is in fact and law a De Jure government. Moreover, the community of nations has recognized the legitimacy of the present government. All the eleven members of this Court, as reorganized, have sworn to uphold the fundamental law of the Republic under her government.
In view of the foregoing, the petitions are hereby dismissed.”
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) GLORIA C. PARAS
Clerk of Court
