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2008-12-08 |
BRION, J. |
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| Under the 1935 Constitution, Article VI, Section 5 retained the concept of legislative apportionment together with "district" as the basic unit of apportionment; the concern was "equality of representation . . . as an essential feature of republican institutions" as expressed in the leading case of Macias v. COMELEC.[31] The case ruled that inequality of representation is a justiciable, not a political issue, which ruling was reiterated in Montejo v. COMELEC.[32] Notably, no issue regarding the holding of a plebiscite ever came up in these cases and the others that followed, as no plebiscite was required. | |||||