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[ G.R. No. 203372, June 16, 2015 ]
ATTY. CHELOY E. VELICARIA- GARAFIL, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT AND HON. SOLICITOR GENERAL JOSE
ANSELMO I. CADIZ, RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 206290]
ATTY. DINDO G. VENTURANZA, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, LEILA M. DE LIMA, IN HER CAPACITY AS THE
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CLARO A.
ARELLANO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL,
AND RICHARD ANTHONY D. FADULLON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS
THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
PROSECUTOR OF QUEZON CITY, RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 209138]
IRMA A. VILLANUEVA AND FRANCISCA B. ROSQUITA,
PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 212030]
EDDIE U. TAMONDONG, PETITIONER, VS. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., RESPONDENT.
DECISION
CARPIO, J.:
The present consolidated cases involve four petitions: G.R. No. 203372 with Atty.
Cheloy E. Velicaria-Garafil (Atty. Velicaria-Garafil), who was appointed State Solicitor
II at the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), as petitioner; G.R. No. 206290 with
Atty. Dindo G. Venturanza (Atty. Venturanza), who was appointed Prosecutor IV
(City Prosecutor) of Quezon City, as petitioner; G.R. No. 209138 with Irma A.
Villanueva (Villanueva), who was appointed Administrator for Visayas of the Board of
Administrators of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), and Francisca B.
Rosquita (Rosquita), who was appointed Commissioner of the National Commission
of Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), as petitioners; and G.R. No. 212030 with Atty. Eddie
U. Tamondong (Atty. Tamondong), who was appointed member of the Board of
Directors of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), as petitioner. All petitions
question the constitutionality of Executive Order No. 2 (EO 2) for being inconsistent
with Section 15, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution.
Petitioners seek the reversal of the separate Decisions of the Court of Appeals (CA)
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