For Your Data Ordillo Vs. Comelec Representative Brief Summary
February 01, 2019
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Ordillo vs. COMELEC example brief summary
Facts:
The tell of Benguet, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Abra, Kalinga-Apayao, as well as Baguio City shape their vote inwards a referendum held inwards pursuant to R.A. 6766 creating the Cordillera Autonomous Region. The effect of the referendum showed that the creation of the Region was exactly approved yesteryear Ifugao. In consideration of the proviso inwards Sec. 13(A) that exactly the provinces as well as metropolis voting favorably shall hold out included inwards the CAR.
ISSUE:
Whether or non the tell of Ifugao tin sack validly institute the Cordillera Autonomous Region.
Ruling:
No, inwards constuing the give-and-take “region” inwards Article X Sec fifteen of the 1987 Constitution it includes provinces, cities, municipalities as well as geographical areas, that a portion is to hold out made upwards of ii or to a greater extent than element unit.
Therefore, Ifugao itself cannot exclusively institute a region.