MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) rejected petitions challenging COVID-19 regulations issued by the Philippine government.
At a press conference on Thursday, July 13, the High Court announced that its court had rejected petitions challenging the constitutionality of pandemic regulations issued through the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Philippines (IATF), the local government body. government agencies and units.
The requests are as follows:
The High Court voted unanimously to reject the consolidated programs for violation of the doctrine of the hierarchy of courts. In rejecting the appeals, the SC declared that the instances were inadmissible for violation of the doctrine “because the solution of the problems raised therein require the determination and adjudication of highly technical and clinical facts that require the performance of a complete procedure before a court of first instance. “
The doctrine of hierarchy of courts means that the judiciary observes a secure hierarchy of its courts. In Gios-Samar, Inc. v. Department of Transportation and Communications, the SC stated that the doctrine applies to instances involving questions of fact. The court is not a “judge of facts”, it cannot hear instances involving questions of fact.
In their cases, the petitions argued that transmissions through the IATF and other agencies violated their right to life and liberty without due process. They also alleged that the orders “violated their right to travel, as well as a violation of the equivalent coverage clause. “apply only to others without personal vehicles and discriminate against the unvaccinated. “
The petitioners also said the broadcasts “embody” a policy of mandatory vaccination “considering that the use of public transportation is a component of Filipino life. “
The disputed emissions are as follows:
IATF Resolution No. 148-B requires all public and private services to order eligible painters assigned to on-site jobs to get vaccinated against COVID-19, or “otherwise, pass RT-PCR tests every two weeks at their own pace. “expenses, among others. ” Others. “
The HC’s resolution came more than two months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of COVID-19 a “global fitness emergency. “However, the WHO’s announcement means that COVID-19 is no longer a risk to global fitness. .
Department of Health Secretary Ted Herbosa, who recently named the nation’s leading fitness officer, said he will propose lifting the COVID-19 public fitness emergency Rappler. com.