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ENBANC
PRO-LIFE PHILIPPINES
FOUNDATION, INC., represented by
Lorna Melegrito, as Executive
Director, and in her personal
capacity, ET AL.,
Petitioners,
MANIFESTATION
FRANCIS H. JARDELEZA
Solicitor General
IBP Life Member Roll No. 00037 I Roll No. 25719
MCLE Exemption No. III-008523
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. I$ERMES L. OCAMPO
Assistant Solicitor General
IBP Life Member .Roll No. 091351 Roll No. 40169
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0016556, 04-11-13
MA. SOPH~TA-PALAD
State Solicitor
IBP Life Member Roll No. 092101Roll No. 50733
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0009098, 11 I 13112
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL
134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tel. No. 8186381loc. 662
2A certified photocopy of the registered Mail Bill dated May 8, 2013 is hereto attached
as "Annex A".
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
SUPREME COURT
MANILA
ENBANC
CONSOLIDATED COMMENT
(With Opposition to the Application for a Temporary
Restraining Order andjor.Writ of Preliminary Injunction)
1 In all the above captioned petitions, except respondents League of Provinces of the
PREFATORY STATEMENT
in 2006 to 221 per 100,000 live births in 2011 (2006 NSO Family Planning Survey and
2011 Family Health Survey); A reported 1,172 maternal deaths occurred in the country
(excluding CARAGA) out of 1,763,700 live births (2011 Maternal Mortality Data, National
Safe Motherhood Program of the DOH).
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4 MDG 5: reduce the maternal and infant mortality and morbidity and achieve universal
access to reproductive health; http: I /www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml,
last accessed March 13, 2013.
5 People us. Jose 0. Vera, G.R. No. 45685, November 16, 1937.
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ISSUES
I.
SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
II.
III.
IV.
v.
WHETHER SECTION 14 OF THE RH LAW, WHICH
PROVIDES FOR MANDATORY REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH EDUCATION, IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL:
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
ARGUMENTS/DISCUSSION
10 Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 297 U.S. 288 (1936), cited in Lim v.
Paquing, G.R. No. 115044, January 27, 1995: "[i]t is a settled rule of avoidance,
judiciously framed by the United States Supreme Court in Ashwander v. TVA that
where a controversy may be settled on a platform other than one involving
constitutional adjudication, the court should exercise becoming modesty and avoid the
constitutional question."
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This is not a case that calls for the Court to police the
democratic process g1ven that its results are 1n fact
participation-oriented and representation-reinforcing, 11 not
representation-restricting. We urge this Honorable Court not
to short-circuit the democratic process.
II See John Hart Ely, Democracy and Distrust (Cambridge: Harvard University Press,
1980).
12The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health
development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social
services available to all people at affordable cost. There shall be priority for the needs of
the underprivileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children.
13 The Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect
and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social, economic, and
political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities by equitably diffusing wealth and
political power for the common good.
14The State shall promote a just and dynamic social order that will ensure the
prosperity and independence of the nation and free the people from poverty through
policies that provide adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising
standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all.
15The State shall promote social justice in all phases of national development.
16The State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for
human rights.
17The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the
19See ,James Bradley Thayer, The Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of
Constitutional Law, 7 Harv. L. Rev. 129 (1893).
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(e) The State shall promote and provide information and access,
without bias, to all methods of family planning, including effective
natural and modern methods which have been proven medically
safe, legal, non-abortifacient, and effective in accordance with
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25 See Louis L. Jaffe, 1968 "The Citizen as Litigant in Public Actions: The Non-Hohfeldian
or Ideological Plaintiff', 116 U. Pa. L. Rev., 1033 (1968).
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26G.R. Nos. 178552, 178554, 178581, 178890, 179157 and 179461, October 05,2010,
632 SCRA 146.
27Jd.
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32 !d.
33 Galicto us. Aquino, G.R. No. 193978, February 28, 2012.
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38 Expertravel & Tours, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals and Korean Airlines, G.R. No 152392,
May 26, 2005.
39 Fonacier vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. L~5917, January 28, 1955, 96 Phil. 417, 444;
citation omitted.
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40 To illustrate:
41 Aside from appearing in "An Act Providing for a National Police on Responsible
Parenthood and Reproductive Health," the term "responsible parenthood" appears once
in sections 1, 4, 11, 14, 15, 19 and 20 and appears twice in sections 2, 3, and 25 of
R.A. No. 10354.
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certification from the FDA that said product and supply is made available
on the condition that it is not to be used as an abortifacient.
49 Emphasis supplied.
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5o Emphasis supplied.
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51 Emphasis supplied.
52 One of the Senate Bills substituted by Senate Bill No. 2865.
53 Emphasis supplied.
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54 Emphasis supplied.
55 Emphasis supplied.
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56 Emphasis supplied.
57 Emphasis supplied.
58 Emphasis supplied.
59 Emphasis supplied.
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62 Formed under the aegis of the U.P. National Institutes of Health, Manila,
http: /lwww. universalhealthcare.ph/, last accessed April 28, 2013.
63 Senate Deliberations dated September 21, 2011 (4551921), pp. 2-5.
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66 Judicial Review of Congressional Factfinding, Harvard Law Review, Vol. 122, No. 2
(2008), pp. 767, 768.
67 Abakada Guro Party List vs. Ennita, 469 SCRA 14, September 01, 2005.
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68 Angara vs. Electoral Commission, et al., G.R. No. L-45081, July 15, 1936.
69 ALFI, G.R. No. 204934, pp. 21.
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The above illustrates how the petitioner ALFI, et. al: cite
anecdotal, non-evidence based arguments that are presented
for the first time before this Honorable Court, and are not part
of the legislative record. Essentially, petitioners argue that,
despite the legislative finding of Congress, some authors claim
that contraceptives and IUDs may prevent the implantation of
the fertilized ovum in the uterine wall.
71 Judicial Review of Congressional Factfinding, Harvard Law Review, Vol. 122, No. 2
(Dec., 2008), pp. 767-786
72 Ibid, at P. 786.
73 Senate Journal, Session No. 93, June 7, 2011, pp. 1525-1530;
http://senatorpiacayetano.com/?p=412, last accessed on February 23, 2013.
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Congress did not state that the poor shall have no right
to bring forth children. The following exchanges between
Representative Edcel Lagman and Representative Amado
Bagatsing during the period of amendments in the House of
Representatives on December 5, 2012 are instructive:
On line 3 ...
74 Emphasis supplied.
75 Sec. 3U) of R.A. No. 10354.
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76 Emphasis supplied.
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hazardous products.
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The MEC has since been translated by the DOH into the
Family Planning Manual which is a ready clinical reference to
guide health care providers in advising their patients on the
best possible family planning drug, device, method or service
that would maximize benefits and minimize risks given their
individual circumstances.
89 Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J., The 1987 Philippine Constitution A Reviewer-Primer, 4th ed.,
p. 546 (2002).
90 Right to health as defined by the United Nations Economic and Social Council in its
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94 Underscoring supplied
95 Black's Law Dictionary 467 (9th ed. 2009); Declaration- A formal statement,
proclamation, or announcement.
96 Ibid. 1276; Policy - the general principles by which a government is guided in its
xxx a healthcare provider has an opt out here. As long as they refer the
patient, and I have talked to may practitioners who do that, they cannot
based on their religious belief, recommend the use of artificial
contraceptives, they refer them to other and that is the proper things to
do."
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99 Iglesia Ni Cristo vs. Court of Appeals, 259 SCRA 529, 543 (1996), citing Justice
Isagani A. Cruz citing Justice Frankfurter; emphasis supplied.
100 Gonzales vs. Central Azucarera de Tarlac Labor Union, 130 SCRA 31, 40 (1985);
emphasis supplied.
101 219 SCRA 257,273, citing German vs. Barangan, 135 SCRA 514,517
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10 6 Acebedo us. CA 329 SCRA 314, citing Binay us. Domingo 201 SCRA 508; emphasis
supplied.
107 SJS us. Atienza Jr citing Lucena Grand Central Terminal us. JAC Liner, 452 SCRA 174
115 People us. Cayat, G.R. No. L-45987, May 5, 1939, citing Barbier us. Connolly, 113
u.s., 27 (1885).
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123Camejo vs. Gabriel, 41 Phil 188, cited by Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J., The 1987
Constitution ofthe Republic of the Philippines: A Commentary.
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Senator Pia Cayetano: xxx The amendment calls for the deletion of
the phrase that penalizes a local government official, a public official,
who would refuse to allocate or approve or release any budget for
reproductive health servi~es. That hinders the full implementation of this
very act that we are referring to.
In other words, Mr. President, this amendment calls for the negation,
the setting aside, pagbabalewala ng buong batas na ito. We cannot pass
this law, assuming that it will pass, and then have local government
officials refusing not just to carry it out because that is the first phrase
which, if I am not mistaken, his Honor supports, but refuse to allocate
funding or refuse to release the budget.
So, for example, in the current DOH budget, and in the years to
come, there would be an allocation, for example, in every city for an x
amount for a particular family planning campaign, whether it be natural
or artificial and assume that it is both, because the law requires that
both are funded, and then a particular government official will decide:
"Ah, hindi. Natanggap ko na iyong Pl milyon pero against family planning
ako, eh, so hindi ko ilalabas iyon. lyon ho ang iniiwasan nating
sitwasyon.
A local public official, any public official for that matter, cannot go
against the implementation of this Reproductive Health Act. That is not
his prerogative at that point in time. The law was passed. It is law. xxx
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Senator Recto: Madam Chair. I agree with the Senate version and I just
want to put on record because this deals with education. And here we
are discussing what we should be teaching our children, okay, what will
be part of their curriculum. As I mentioned earlier, I don't have a
problem as far as the public schools are concerned, that we adopt a
standard. But let me again put on record what I said earlier, I do not
think we should be imposing this on private schools. They have a
different standard. In some instances, it could be better or worse, but
nevertheless, that is the choice of the parents. They choose to bring their
kids to private school, knowing - should know what the curriculum is, I
think that should be respected. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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12s Period of Sponsorship and Debate, House of Representatives, May 17, 2011;
emphasis supplied.
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xxx (h) The State shall respect individuals' preferences and choice of
family planning methods that are in accordance with their religious
convictions and cultural beliefs, taking into consideration under various
human lights instruments. Xxx
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13 2
Estrada vs. Escritor, 408 SCRA 1, (2003); emphasis supplied; citing Bernas,
Constitutional Rights and Social Demands, Part II, p. 68.
133Bicameral Conference Committee on the Disagreeing Provisions of Senate Bill No.
2865 and House Bill No. 4244 (Reproductive Health Bill)
134 Period of Sponsorship and Debate on House Bill No. 4244: An Act Providing
for a Comprehensive Policy on Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health,
and Population and Development, and for other purposes. (July 31, 2012)
14 3 Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co., 336 U.S. 490 (1949).
144 Ibid.
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4880. See also Arsenio Gonzales and Felicisimo R. Cabigao vs. COMELEC, G.R. No. L-
27833, April 18, 1969.
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2013.
15 9 Estrada vs. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 148560, November 19, 2001.
163 Section 2-B. Any violation of the provisions of this Act by the spouse of any public
official, if both live together, shall be cause for the dismissal of such public official.
Section 3. Any corporation or association violating any of the provisions of this Act
shall, upon proper court proceedings, be dissolved.
16 4 Sec. 5. Any violation of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment of from one
thousand pesos not more than two thousand pesos or by imprisonment for not less
than one month or more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. If the
offender is a partnership, corporation or association, the criminal liability shall devolve
upon its president, director, or any other official responsible for the violation.
166 Section 14. Criminal and Civil Liability. -Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Act, or, of any order or decision of the Court of Agrarian Relations, shall be
punished with a fine not exceeding two thousand pesos or imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court and shall indemnify the aggrieved party
for the actual damages he may suffer. xxx
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thousand pesos or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
173 Section 7. Penal Provisions. Any person, association or corporation who violate any
provision of this Act, or the rules and regulations made thereunder, shall upon
conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than one hundred pesos nor more than
five hundred pesos or by imprisonment of not less than thirty days nor more than six
months or both: xxx
174 Section 2. Any violation of this Act shall be punished with a fine of not less than five
thousand pesos and not more than ten thousand pesos and imprisonment of not less
than two years and not more than four years. xxx
175 Section 5. Any person violating any provisions of this Act shall be punished by
imprisonment of not less than three months nor more than two years and a fine of not
less than one thousand pesos not more than two thousand pesos.
176 Section 5. Any person violating any provisions of this Act shall be punished by
imprisonment of not less than three months nor more than years and a fine of not less
than one thousand pesos nor more than two thousand pesos.
177 Section 13. Penal Provisions. Any person who violates any provisions of this Act shall
be punished with imprisonment for not less than two years nor more than six years and
a fine equal in amount to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine
or any other part involved in the violation: Provided, That if the person violating any
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provision of this Act is a juridical person, the penalty herein provided shall be imposed
on its president or secretary and/ or members of the board of directors or any of its
officers and employees who may have directly participated in the violation. xxx
178 Section 11. Penalties. - (a) Any public official or employee, regardless of whether or
releasing patients, who violates the provisions of this Act shall be punished by a fine of
not less than Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000.00), but not more than Fifty thousand
pesos (P50,000.00), or imprisonment of not less than one month, but not more than six
months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the proper court.
18 Section 34. Penalties. - Any person who violates any provision of this Act
implementing rules and regulations shall be punished with imprisonment of not less
than six (6) months but not more than three (3) years, or a fine of not less than Ten
thousand pesos (P10,000.00) but not more than One hundred thousand pesos
(PlOO,OOO.OO), or both, at the discretion of the court.
18 1 Section 12 (a) xxx Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act shall be
punished by prision correctional in its minimum period under the Revised Penal Code or
a fine not exceeding Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000.00), or both, at the discretion of
the court.
182 Section 8. Penalties. - Any violation of this Act, and the rules and regulations issued
pursuant hereof shall be punished with a fine of not less than Thirty thousand pesos
(P30,000.00) nor more than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) or imprisonment of not
less than six (6) months, or both, at the discretion of the court. If the offense is
committed by a corporation, trust, firm, partnership at association, or other entity, the
penalty shall be imposed upon the guilty officer or officers of such corporation, tntst,
firm, partnership or association, or entity.
183 Estrada us. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 148560, November 19, 2001.
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19 5Reynaldo B. Aralar, Inherent Powers of State and the Bill of Rights: A Book on
Constitutional Law, (20 11 edition), p. 594; See also Rubi v. Provincial Board, 39 Phil
660.
196 73 F.3d 454 (2d Cir. 1996). The U.S. Supreme Court denied review to the petitions
questioning the Decision of the US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, in this case, as
well as Decisions in the cases of Herndon v. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Board of
Education, 89 F.3d 174 (4th Cir. 1996), and Steirer v. Bethlehem Area School District,
987 F.2d 989 (3d Cir.) involving the same Thirteenth Amendment issue. [See: Rodney A.
Smolla, The Constitutionality of Mandatory Public School Community Service Programs,
62 Law and Contemporary Problems 113-140 (Fall 1999), p. 121 (online copy posted at
http:// scholarship.law.duke.edu/ cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article== 1149&context==lcp, last
accessed March 20, 2013.
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ARTICLE I
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
198
Appendix J, Medical Jurisprudence by Rustico T. Belen (First edition, 2009).
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20 3 Section 4(n) of RA 10354 and letter qq., section 3.01 of the IRR of RA 10354.
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PRAYER
FRANCIS H. JARDELEZA
Solicitor General
IBP Life Member Roll No. 00037 /Roll No. 25719
MCLE Exemption No. III-008523
212
Ermita us. Eldecoa-Delorino, 651 SCRA 128 [2011].
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1 HERMES L. OCAMPO
A sistant Solicitor General
IBP Lifetime Roll No. 09135/ Roll No. 40169
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0016556, 04-11-13
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MYiiNA N. AGNO-CANUTO
Assistant Solicitor General
IBP Lifetime Roll No. 06393/Roll No. 39183
MCLE Exemption No. IV -000597
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DE PUERTOLLANO
As Solicitor General
IBP Lifetime Roll No. 01927 /Roll No. 36444
MCLE Con1.pliance No. III-0003827
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RAYMUND I. RIGODON
Senior State Solicitor
IBP Roll No. 922775/Roll No. 39730
MCLE Cornpliance No. III-0003833
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~NATHAN L. DELA VEGA
Senior State Solicitor
IBP Roll No. 906468, 1-10-13/Roll No. 43561
MCLE Co;:..;;~~l-0012798
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Senior State Solicitor
IBP Lifetime Roll No. 08505 /Roll No. 44957
MCLE Compliance No. III-0022209, 11-15-12
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MA. SOP~~-PALAD
State Solicitor
IBP Lifetime Roll No. 09210/Roll No. 50733
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0009098, 11-13-12
CONSOLIDATED COMMENT 110
Imbong, et al., vs. Ochoa, et al.,
G.R. Nos. 204819,204934,204957,205043,
204988,205003,205138,205478,205491
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DENISE S. DY-FLORES
Associate Solicitor
Life Mernber Roll No. 010412/Roll No. 57316
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0010602
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CHRIST~~;ALES
Associate Solicitor
IBP Lifetime Roll No. 010780/ Roll No. 61207
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0016191, 04/10/13
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EME;RSON S. ~NEZ
Associate Solicitor
IBP Roll No. 91423, 1 03-13/Roll No. 56723
MCLE Complian No. IV-0010542
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SO RAID A GUZMAN
Associate Solicitor
IBP Lifetime Roll No. 09799 /Roll No. 55357
MCLE C,on1pliance No. IV-0009173
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MA. CRISTINA T. NAVARRO
Associate Solicitor
IBP Life Member Roll No. 08851 /Roll No. 56704
MCLE Compli~ No. ~~-~~-~14731
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/ 1/ L. SAN 'sE-VALDEZ
~---/ Associate So 1citor
Roll No. 57351/IBP No. 935871/ April 16, 2013
MCLE Cornpliance No. IV-0010602
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Associate Solicitor
IBP Lifetime Roll No. 08999 /Roll No. 567703
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0009094, 11-13-12
CONSOLIDATED COMMENT 111
Imbong, et al., vs. Ochoa, et al.,
G.R. Nos. 204819,204934,204957,205043,
204988,205003,205138,205478,205491
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A;NI;~LABINE
Associate Solicitor II
IBP Roll No. 906465, 01-10-13/Roll No. 56334
MCL~ Com:Qliance No. IV-0009152, 11-13-12
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-- Associate Solicitor
IBP No. Lifetime No. 09527, 1-7-2011/Roll No. 57973
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0009111, 11-17-12
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LEAN~ :AuR~ s. APouNAR
Associate Solicitor
IBP Roll No. 931106/Roll No. 59511
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0009172
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ttorney II
IBP Roll No. 923327, 1-10-13/Roll No. 60636
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0009150, 11-13-12
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Attorney II
IBP Roll No. 906467, 1-10-13/Roll No. 61212
MCLE Co1npliance No. IV-0009149, 11-13-12
CONSOLIDA'l'ED COMMENT 112
Imbong, et al., vs. Ochoa, et al.,
G.R. Nos. 204819,204934,204957 205043
204988,205003,205138,205478,205491'
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ttorney II
IBP Roll No. 931105/Roll No. 61683
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0009171
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,~ifYMember ~ofl ~~10429/Roll No. 57165
.::-:.:- MCLE ~pHance No. IV-0009109
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL
134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tel. No. 8186381/9881661
EXPLANATION
(Pursuant to Rule 13, Section 11 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure)
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Copy Furnished:
House of Representative
cj o Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.
Batasan Bldg., Batasan Hills
Diliman, Quezon City