MACIAS VS

COMELEC, digested
Posted by Pius Morados on November 9, 2011
GR. L-18684 !e"t. 14, 1961# (Constitutional Law Apportionment,
Proportional Representation)
$%&'!( Petitioners assai)ed t*e +onstitutiona)ity o, a )a- Re"ub)i+ %+t
.040# t*at a""ortions re"resentative distri+ts in t*is +ountry on t*e /round
t*at it is un+onstitutiona) and void be+ause it a""ortioned distri+ts -it*out
re/ard to t*e number o, in*abitants o, t*e severa) "rovin+es. Res"ondents
aver t*ey -ere mere)y +om")yin/ -it* t*eir duties under t*e statute,
-*i+* t*ey "resume and a))e/e to be +onstitutiona).
0!!12( 3*et*er or not an a""ortionment )a- t*at is dis"ro"ortion in
re"resentation is un+onstitutiona).
42L5( 6es, a )a- /ivin/ "rovin+es -it* )ess number o, in*abitants more
re"resentative distri+ts t*an t*ose -it* bi//er "o"u)ation is inva)id
be+ause it vio)ates t*e "rin+i")e o, "ro"ortiona) re"resentation "res+ribed
by t*e &onstitution. !u+* )a- is 7arbitrary and +a"ri+ious and a/ainst t*e
vita) "rin+i")e o, e8ua)ity.9