Practice question
A proposed challenge to PDL voting rests only on imagined logistical defects, with no actual facts showing a concrete conflict or established standing. Counsel says election subject matter eliminates those requirements. Under Aguinaldo, which is correct?
- Every hypothetical election concern requires an advisory opinion
- Concrete judicial-review requisites still matter; hypothetical concerns alone did not sustain that petition
- The lawyer’s title conclusively supplies injury
- Logistical speculation automatically invalidates the resolution
- No court may ever examine an actual PDL voting dispute
Legal references
- Aguinaldo v. New Bilibid Prison, G.R. No. 221201, March 29, 2022, main resolution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/18/68250; main resolution, quoted Resolution 9371 Rule 1 Section 2 and judicial-review disposition.
- RA 8189: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1996/ra_8189_1996.html; Section 11(a).
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