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SBMA v. COMELEC: Initiative vs. Referendum by Dane Pauline Adora is a document available to read on EtoBox.

What is SBMA v. COMELEC: Initiative vs. Referendum about?

1) The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority filed a petition challenging a COMELEC resolution that governed a referendum process regarding the Municipality of Morong joining the Subic Special Economic Zone. 2) COMELEC committed grave abuse of discretion by treating the process as a referendum rather than an initiative, and using referendum terminology throughout. 3) The local initiative did not seek to amend a national law, as the municipal resolution was still in the proposal stage and not yet an approved

Author

Dane Pauline Adora

Language

EN