📋 Tender Overview
The Supreme Court (SC) during its session on February 4, 2026, acted on:G.R. No. E-03285, The SC dismissed the petition filed by Jacinto V. Paras et al. (petitioners), questioning the constitutionality of Executive Order No. (EO) 94, Series of 2025, which created the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI).In a Resolution written by Associate Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan, the SC ruled that the petition failed to meet the basic requirements for judicial review.The ICI was created as an independent fact-finding body to investigate alleged anomalies in government flood control projects nationwide. The petitioners argued that EO 94 violates the equal protection clause, usurps the legislative power of Congress, reduces or takes away the powers and functions vested in the Office of the Ombudsman and the Commission on Audit by the Constitution, and violates the Constitutional provision that no money shall be paid out of the Treasury except in pursuance of an appropriation made by law.The SC ruled that the petition violated the hierarchy of courts doctrine because it was filed directly with the SC. While direct recourse to the SC is allowed in exceptional cases, the petition failed to cite any compelling reason to bypass the lower courts.The SC also found that the petitioners did not show that an actual case or controversy exists, which requires a violation of a legally enforceable right. The petition did not show that their rights were violated, or that EO 94 adversely affected them.The full text of the Resolution will be uploaded to the SC website once available. )
