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ANTHONY IAN M. CRUZ; MARCELO R.
LANDICHO; BENJAMIN NOEL A. ESPINA;
MARCK RONALD C. RIMORIN; JULIUS D.
RocAs: OLIVER RICHARD v. ROBiLLO;
AARON ERICK A. LOZADA; GERARD
ADRIAN P. MAGNAYE; JOSE REGINALD
A. RAMOS; MA. ROSARIO T. JUAN;
BRENDALYN P. RAMIREZ: MAUREEN A.
HERMITANIO;
KRISTINE
JOY S.
REMENTILLA; MARICEL O. GRAY; JUUUS
IVAN F. CABIGON; BENRALPH S. YU;
CEBU BLOGGERS SOCIETY, INC.
PRESIDENT RUBEN B. LICERA JR. ; ond
PINOY ExpAT/OFW BLOG AWARDS, INC.
COORDINATOR FEDRO E. RAHON;
Petitioners,
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESSUPREME COURT
MANILA
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2112 OCT ~4
HIS EXCELLENCY BENIGNO S. AQUINO
1/1, in his copocify OS President of the
Republic of the Philippines; SENATE OF
THE PHIUPPINES, represented by HON.
JUAN PONCE ENRILE, in his cqpocify qs
Seriale
President;
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES, represenfed by
FELICIANO R. BELMONTE, JR. , in his
copocily OS Spedker of the House of
Representatives: HON. FAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR. , in his cqpocify OS
Execufive Secrefory; HON. LEILA M. DE
LIMA, in her copocify qs Secretqry of
Justice; HON. LOUIS NAPOLEON C.
CASAMBRE, in his copocify
QS
Executive Director, Informqfion Grid
Communications Technology Office;
HON. NONNATUS CAESAR R. ROJAS, in
his copocify OS Director, Notionql
Bureou of Investigation; ond PIDGEN.
NICANOR A. BARTOLOME, in his
capocily OS Chief, Philippine National
Police,
Respondents.
pH 28 36
- versus -
G. R. No.
Certiorori & Prohibition tWith
Applicofion for the Is SUGnce
of o Temporory Restroining
Order Grid/or Writ of
Preliminory Injunctionl
203469
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PETITION FOR CERTIORARI AND PROHIBITION
WITH APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCEOF A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
AND/OR WRIT OF PRELIMINARY, INJUNCTION
Petitioners ANTHONY IAN M. CRUZ: MARCELO R. LANDICHO;
BENJAMIN NOEL A. ESPINA: MARCK RONALD C. RIMORIN; JULIUS D.
RocAS: OLIVER RICHARD v. ROBiLLO; AARON ERICK A. LOZADA:GERARD ADRIAN P. MAGNAYE; JOSE REGINALD A. RAMOS: MA.
ROSARIO T. JUAN; BRENDALYN P. RAMIREZ; MAUREEN A. HERMITANIO;
KRISTINE JOY S. REMENTILLA; MARICEL O. GRAY; JUUUS IVAN F.
CABIGON: BENRALPH S. YU; CEBU BLOGGERS SOCIETY, INC. PRESIDENT
RUBEN B. LICERA JR. ; grid PINOY ExpAT/OFW BLOG AWARDS, INC.
COORDINATOR FEDRO E. RAHON ("Petitioners"), by counsel, Grid
unto the Honoroble Court, respectfully stole:
Bloggers Grid netizens - citizens who hove Grid who octivelyuse their internet occess - roise the o10rm over o newly-signed Grid
newly-enocfed low violofing their individuol Gild collective rights,
Grid destroys the ideo Grid reolify of the Internef OS on open public
forum Gild in orkefploce of ideos.
PREFATORY
In Gsmuch OS they ore concerned by the new low's mony
violofions of their fundomenfol Grid constitution o1 rights OSindividuols, they toll the bells now over the cleor Grid present
dongers Republic Act No. 10/75, otherwise known OS the
Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 ("Cybercrime Prevention Act"),
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,
I
,
,
,
pose on the internet OS o plotform for close to one-third of the
poloulofiOn. The internet is where they could discuss issues Grid
crises, demond
espond during disosfers Grid
oncerns,
improvements in vonous osloecfs of notion o1 life Grid, most
importonfly, to speok truth to power.
Before, citizens solely depended on newspopers, periodicols,
their fundomenfol Grid
odio, Grid televisions to
exercise
constitution o1 rights to free expression, to redress of griev'onces Grid
even to OSsembly Gild OSsociofion. To doy, the internet Grid evenmobile phones hove become the plotform Grid mediums of citizens
themselves from which they exercise their rights.
.
.
In focf, Filipinos hove excelled in internet use Grid eomed for
the Philippines the new monicker "SOCiol medio CGIoifol of the
world".
To the complete shock of citizens, the Government odopfed o
new low Ihof involves spying on citizens, seizure without proboble
couse, prior restroinf, subsequent punishment, Grid other octs
prohibited under the Constitution.
Thus, in light of this grove context, conferred upon the
Judiciory is the ponderous duty to rein in the Legislofive Grid
Executive Bronches of Government to their own o110cofed 1010cesunder the Constitution. In the 10ndmork cose of Morbury v. Modison,
5 U. S. 137 (1803), the United Stores Supreme Court on uriciofed theprinciple of Iudiciol review, thus: "If is emphoficolly the province Grid
duty of the Iudiciol deportment to SOY whof the low is. "
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