Ordillo
vs. COMELEC case brief summary
Facts:
The
province of Benguet, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Abra, Kalinga-Apayao,
and Baguio City cast their vote in a plebiscite held in pursuant to
R.A. 6766 creating the Cordillera Autonomous Region. The result of
the plebiscite showed that the creation of the Region was only
approved by Ifugao. In consideration of the proviso in Sec. 13(A)
that only the provinces and city voting favorably shall be included
in the CAR.
ISSUE:
Whether
or not the province of Ifugao can validly constitute the Cordillera
Autonomous Region.
Ruling:
No,
in constuing the word “region” in Article X Sec 15 of the 1987
Constitution it includes provinces, cities, municipalities and
geographical areas, that a region is to be made up of two or more
constituent unit.
Therefore,
Ifugao itself cannot solely constitute a region.
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