Comments on: Lambino, et al. vs. COMELEC (G.R. No. 174153, 25 October 2006) – Digest

By: fleet1ng

fleet1ng — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:04:05 +0000

Hi, I’m a 1st year law student and this case is very important specifically on identifying the limitations between revisions and amendments.

Thank you for sharing and more power!

By: HowardChan

HowardChan — Sat, 29 May 2010 09:06:47 +0000

We’re in for another shot to changing the Constitution (I guess the would be Noynoy administration would go for it). Personally, I do not see the need to change it. It’s all a matter of execution and of course intelligent interpretation by a competent Supreme Court. Let’s see if they’ll push through with it.

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By: How to Change a Constitution at Philippine e-Legal Forum

How to Change a Constitution at Philippine e-Legal Forum — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:39:24 +0000

[...] Defensor-Santiago vs. COMELEC; Lambino vs. COMELEC; Gonzales vs. COMELEC; Sanidad vs. [...]

By: SC is not a trier of facts - Sigaw ng Bayan at Atty-at-Work

SC is not a trier of facts - Sigaw ng Bayan at Atty-at-Work — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:49:19 +0000

[...] Atty. Lambino’s reaction to the dismissal of the petition for people’s initiative is understandable – the Supreme Court, as a rule, deals only with questions of law, and not questions of fact. (Read the discussion of Lambino vs. COMELEC here or here). [...]

By: Atty-at-Work

Atty-at-Work — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:08:39 +0000

Petition for People’s Initiative dismissed…

The Supreme Court dismissed the recent petition (Lambino, et al. vs. COMELEC) seeking to revise the Constitution through people’s initiative. In a 52-page decision, the SC ruled in part that the proposal to shift the present bicameral-presidenti…

By: Republic Act 6735 now sufficient? at Atty-at-Work

Republic Act 6735 now sufficient? at Atty-at-Work — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:57:16 +0000

[...] Dean Jorge Bocobo has an interesting observation on the Supreme Court’s Resolution denying the motions to reconsider the dismissal of the petition for people’s initiative. The “minute resolution” pertinently reads: Ten (10) Members of the Court reiterate their position, as shown by their various opinions already given when the Decision herein was promulgated, that Republic Act No. 6735 is sufficient and adequate to amend the Constitution thru a people’s initiative. [...]

By: New writer at the Forum; Alex Magno is "Off-line" at Atty-at-Work

New writer at the Forum; Alex Magno is "Off-line" at Atty-at-Work — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:38:09 +0000

[...] With that, allow me to take a detour to discuss the “Off-line” article of Mr. Magno in today’s edition Philippine Star. Mr. Magno claims that the main decision in Lambino vs. COMELEC “did not adress the issue at bar” and that it “swam into all the peripheral issues”. He then stated that the “basic flaw of the Carpio decision is that it rules on the contentious facts, thereby overriding procedures and process that are in the jurisdiction of other authorities”. [...]

By: gracilda

gracilda — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:32:36 +0000

i’m glad that’s how the case turned out. It’s really implausible that parties interested to amend the Constitution could be able to sincerely satisfy the requirement for amendment coz not enough Filipinos are really concerned about political stuff like that. We are too preoccupied with feeding our families well enough to have time to listen to such noise being made by power-hungry people…