04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [3] Lacson v. Perez, G.R. No. 147780, May 10, 2001, 357 SCRA 756; Province of Batangas v. Romulo, G.R. No. 152774, May 27, 2004, 429 SCRA 736; Albaña v. Commission on Elections, G.R. No. 163302, July 23, 2004, 435 SCRA 98, Acop v. Guingona, Jr., G.R. No. 134855, July 2, 2002, 383 SCRA 577; Sanlakas v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 159085, February 3, 2004, 277 SCRA 409. [4] G.R. Nos. L-68379-81, September 22, 1986, 144 SCRA 194. [5] Javier v. Commission on Elections, id. at 197-198. [6] G.R. No. L-59524, February 18, 1985, 134 SCRA 438. [7] Salonga v. Cruz-Paño, id. at 463. (Emphasis supplied.) [8] G.R. No. L-32951-2, September 17, 1971, 41 SCRA 1. [9] G.R. No. L-31685, July 31, 1975, 65 SCRA 624. [10] G.R. No. L-35546, September 17, 1974, 59 SCRA 183. [11] G.R. Nos. 171396, 171409, 171485, 171483, 171400, 171489 & 171424, May 3, 2006, 489 SCRA 160. [12] David v. Macapagal-Arroyo, id. at 214. (Emphasis supplied.) [13] G.R. No. 178920, October 15, 2007. [14] Paragraph 1 of the Memorandum of Instructions from the President dated March 1, 2001 is reiterated in toto in the Memorandum of Instructions from the President dated September 8, 2003. Respondent Esperon admitted this when he stated during the oral arguments that "indeed the Memorandum of Instructions was issued on 1 March 2001 to the Presidential Adviser, to the Chairman of the Peace Negotiating Panel thru the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. And since then, it has also been revised on September 8, 2003 containing the same paragraph one which reads that the negotiation shall be conducted in accordance with the mandates of the Philippine Constitution, the Rule of Law, and the Principles of Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of the Republic of the Philippines." (TSN, August 15, 2008, pp. 342-343). [15] Noteworthy is the statement of Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, the Chairman of the MILF, thus: "It may be beyond the Constitution but the Constitution can be amended and revised to accommodate the agreement. What is important is during the amendment, it will not derogate or water down the agreement because we have worked this out for more than 10 years now. (visited September 25, 2008). (Emphasis supplied) [16] Constitution (1987), Art. XVII, Sec. 1. Any amendment to, or revision of, this Constitution may be proposed by: elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/47263 170/203