GREATER GREA TER METRO METROPOLI POLITA TAN N MAN MANILA ILA SOLI SOLID D WA WASTE STE MANA MANAGEMEN GEMENT T COMMITTEE and the METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY v. JANCOM
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AUSTRALIA G.R. no. !"!!" FACTS#
President Fidel Ramos issued Presidential Memorandum Order no. 202 creating an Execu Executive tive Committee Committee (EC) to oversee and develop waste waste toenerg! pro"ects #or t$e waste disposal sites in Ri%al and Carmona under t$e t$ e &ui uild ldO Ope pera ratte e' 'ran ans s#e #err (& (&O' O')) sc$ c$em eme. e. Res espo pond nden entt an anco com m nternational *evelopment Pro"ects Pt!. +imited o# ,ustralia was one o# t$e -idders #or t$e Ri%al ite w$ic$ su-se/uentl! entered into a partners$ip wit$ its corespondent ,sea &rown &overi under t$e #irm name ancom Envi En viron ronme ment ntal al Co Corpo rporat ratio ion n ( (, ,CO COM) M).. Co Cons nse/u e/uen entl! tl!11 EC dec decla lared red ,COM as t$e sole compl!ing -idder o# t$e Ri%al aste *isposal ite $enc $e nce e a Co Cont ntra ract ct #or t$ t$e e &O &O' ' im impl plem emen enta tati tion on o# t$ t$e e o oli lid d ast ste e Mana Ma nagem gemen entt Pr Pro" o"ec ectt #o #orr t$ t$e e Ri Ri%a %all i ite te wa was s ent enter ered ed -e -etw tween een 3r 3rea eate ter r Metropolitan Manila olid aste Management Committee (3MMMC) and Met Metro ro Man Manila ila *ev *evelop elopmen mentt ,ut$ ut$orit orit! ! (MM (MM*,)1 *,)1 and , ,COM COM.. '$e contract was su-mitted #or approval to President Ramos w$o su-se/uentl! endorsed it to t$en incoming President osep$ E. Estrada. Owing to t$e clamor o# t$e residents o# Ri%al1 t$e Estrada administration ordered t$e clos cl osur ure e o# t$ t$e e a an n Mat ateo eo la land nd#i #ill ll.. 3M 3MM MM MC C t$ t$er ereu eupo pon n ad adop opte ted d a Resolution not to pursue t$e contract wit$ ,COM1 citing as reasons t$ere#ore t$e passage o# Repu-lic ,ct 45671 ot$erwise 8nown as t$e Clean ,ir ,ct ,ct o# 97771 t$e nonavaila-ilit! o# t$e an Mateo site1 and costl! tipping #ees. ,COM #iled a petition wit$ t$e Regional 'rial Court (R'C) o# Pasig Cit! to declare t$e 3MMMC Resolution and t$e acts o# MM*, calling #or t$e -ids #or and aut$ori%ing t$e #orging o# a new contract #or t$e Metro Manila waste management as illegal1 unconstitutional and void1 and to en"oin t$em #rom implementing t$e Resolution and ma8ing anot$er award. '$e trial court ruled in #avor o# ,COM w$ic$ was su-se/ su-se/uentl! uentl! a##irmed a##irmed -! t$e Court o# ,ppeals. '$e upreme Court declared t$e contract valid and per#ected1 al-eit ine##ective and unimplementa-le pending t$e approval -! t$e President. ,COM and MM*, later entered into negotiations to modi#! certain provi pro visi sion ons s o# t$ t$e e co cont ntra ract ct w$ w$ic ic$ $ we were re em em-od -odied ied in a dr dra# a#tt ,me mende nded d ,greement w$ic$ -ore no signature o# t$e parties. ,COM t$en #iled -e#ore t$e Pasig Cit! R'C an Omni-us Motion #or a writ o# execution w$ic$ upon its issuance1 was c$allenged -! 3MMMC and MM*,. '$e Court o# ,ppeals $owever a##irmed t$e R'C Order. ISSUE#
$et$er or not contract is ine##ective and unimplenta-le until and unless it is approved -! t$e President HELD#
'$e onl! /uestion -e#ore t$e Court is w$et$er or not t$ere is a valid and per#ected contract -etween t$e parties. ,s to necessit!1 expedienc!1 and wisdom o# t$e contract1 t$ese are outside t$e realm o# "udicial ad"udication. '$ese considerations are primaril! and exclusivel! a matter #or t$e President to decide. $ile t$e Court recogni%es t$at t$e gar-age pro-lem is a matter o# grave pu-lic concern1 it can onl! declare t$at t$e contract in /uestion is a valid and per#ected one -etween t$e parties1 -ut t$e same is still ine##ective or unimplementa-le until and unless it is approved -! t$e President1 t$e contract itsel# providing t$at suc$ approval -! t$e President is necessar! #or its e##ectivit!. n issuing t$e alias writ o# execution1 t$e trial court in e##ect ordered t$e en#orcement o# t$e contract despite t$is Court:s une/uivocal pronouncement t$at al-eit valid and per#ected1 t$e contract s$all -ecome e##ective onl! upon approval -! t$e President.
