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2003-11-10 |
CARPIO MORALES, J. |
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| The recent case of Macalintal v. COMELEC[66] on absentee voting affirmed the jurisdiction of this Court to review the acts of the legislature. In said case, the Court settled the question of propriety of the petition which appeared to be visited by the vice of prematurity as there were no ongoing proceedings in any tribunal, board or before a government official exercising judicial, quasi- judicial or ministerial functions as required by Rule 65 of the Rules of Court. The Court considered the importance of the constitutional issues raised by the petitioner, and quoted Tañada v. Angara[67] stating that "where an action of the legislative branch is seriously alleged to have infringed the Constitution, it becomes not only the right but in fact the duty of the judiciary to settle the dispute." | |||||