Daza Vs Singson
Daza Vs Singson
TribunalanditsComposition
FACTS:
TheLabanngDemokratikongPilipino(LDP)wasreorganizedresultingtoapoliticalrealignment
in the lower house. LDP also changed its representation in the Commission on Appointments. They
withdrewtheseatoccupiedbyDaza(LDPmember)andgaveittothenewLDPmember.Thereafterthe
chamberelectedanewsetofrepresentativesintheCoAwhichconsistedoftheoriginalmembersexcept
DazawhowasreplacedbySingson.Dazaquestionedsuchreplacement.
ISSUE:Whetherornotachangeresultingfromapoliticalrealignmentvalidlychangesthecompositionof
theCommissiononAppointments.
HELD:
Asprovidedintheconstitution,thereshouldbeaCommissiononAppointmentsconsistingof
twelveSenatorsandtwelvemembersoftheHouseofRepresentativeselectedbyeachHouserespectively
onthebasisofproportionalrepresentationofthepoliticalpartiestherein,thisnecessarilyconnotesthe
authorityofeachhouseofCongresstoseetoitthattherequirementisdulycompliedwith.Therefore,it
may take appropriate measures, not only upon the initial organization of the Commission but also
subsequentlytheretoNOTthecourt.