🔴JUST IN:Supreme Court Lawyer Questions Marcos Admin Senate Clash GAA DPWH Anomalous Insertions

The ruling of the Supreme Court on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) was also brought up during the oral arguments as one of the counsels of the petitioners, Atty. Jerico Salenga was asked by Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier about the court’s decision.Solicitor General Darlene Berberabe invoked before the Supreme Court the doctrine of operative fact in case the high court issued safeguards on the questioned unprogrammed appropriations in the 2024 to 2026 national budgets.The doctrine of operative fact is a legal principle wherein a court applies the invalidity of past actions done in good faith prospectively and not retroactively.Berberabe was asked by Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao in the continuation of the oral arguments on the 2024 to 2026 General Appropriations Act on what remedy could be ordered by the court with the least possible disruption in the operations of the government.Kung hindi maiiwasan at magkakaroon ng pagdesisyon ng Supreme Court, ang pinakamaliit ang adverse impact sa executive ay doctrine po of operative fact, kung mag-iisyu ang Korte Suprema ng guardrails, iyon po ang pinaka-least disruptive.The court is currently holding oral arguments over various petitions questioning the constitutionality of certain provisions of the 2024 to 2026 national budgets particularly on unprogrammed appropriations.Berberabe also noted mechanisms for “self-correction” in government such as the proposed law on budget modernization.