Case digest of Lambino v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 174153

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**Lambino Group v. Commission on Elections, G.R. No. 174153, October 25, 2006** *Already digested on October 26, 2026.* ### Facts This case involved petitions by the Lambino Group, supported by claims of 6,327,952 registered voters, asking the COMELEC to give due course to an initiative petition to amend the 1987 Constitution. The Court found the initiative defective because the signature sheets and the petition filed with the COMELEC did not include the full proposed text and did not indicate that the signatories were signing a petition embodying the complete amendment text and effects. The Court also noted that the proposed initiative allegedly embraced multiple unrelated subject matters and was processed in a manner inconsistent with statutory requirements, including the one-subject rule. The Court had to decide whether the COMELEC gravely abused its discretion in dismissing the…