22/04/2026
SC Directs President, Acting Executive Secretary to Comment on Alvarez's Petition re: Medical Tests
The ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค, during its session today, April 22,2026, acted on G.R. No. E-05860 (๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐. ๐๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ป, ๐๐ช๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ข, ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ ๐. ๐๐ขรฑ๐ข, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐. ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข ๐ท. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด, ๐๐ณ., ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฉ ๐. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐น๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ) by directing the respondents to comment on the petition for writ of ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด filed by Pantaleon D. Alvarez and his co-petitioners.
The petition seeks the issuance of a writ of ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด directing the President to submit himself to physical and mental examination, including a hair follicle drug test.
The petition also seeks to direct the President to disclose and publish the medical report indicating the results of the examination, including medical and clinical confirmation of his physical and medical fitness to discharge the powers and duties of the Presidency.
Read the full text of the Press Briefer at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=163942.
A copy of the available pleadings may be downloaded from the Current Cases section of the Supreme Court website at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/public-pleadings/.