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Section 18 of Article VII which provides that any citizen may file
before the Supreme Court in an appropriate proceeding to assail
the sufficiency of the factual basis of the declaration of martial law
or the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus. "[T]he
only requisite for standing to challenge the validity of the suspension
is that the challenger be a citizen. He need not even be a
taxpayer."
II. The Supreme Court has the
power to review the sufficiency of
the factual basis of the
proclamation of martial law or the
suspension of the privilege of the
writ or the extension thereof
III. The power of the Court to review the
sufficiency of the factual basis of the
proclamation of martial law or the suspension of
the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus under
Section 18, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution is
independent of the actions taken by Congress.
The judicial power to review Congressional power to
revoke
The Court may strike down the Congress may revoke the proclamation or
presidential proclamation in an suspension, which revocation shall not be
appropriate proceeding filed by any set aside by the President.
citizen on the ground of lack of sufficient
factual basis.
In reviewing the sufficiency of the factual Congress may take into consideration not
basis of the proclamation or suspension, only data available prior to, but likewise
the Court considers only the information events supervening the declaration.
and data available to the President prior Unlike the Court which does not look into
to or at the time of the declaration; it is the absolute correctness of the factual
not allowed td "undertake an basis as will be discussed below, Congress
independent investigation beyond the could probe deeper and further; it can
pleadings." delve into the accuracy of the facts
presented before it.