Article: Atienza challenges validity of Manila's pro-oil depot ordinance before SC.

MANILA, June 5 (PNA) --- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Joselito "Lito" Atienza together with four Manila City councillors filed a 51-page petition at the Supreme Court (SC) challenging the validity of Ordinance No. 8187 which allowed the depots of the three big oil companies to remain the Pandacan district despite a high court ruling ordering its immediate relocation.

Atienza together with Manila councilors Benny Abante, Bonjay Isip-Garcia, Joy Dawis-Asuncion, and Che Borromeo, among others, also sought the issuance of a temporary restraining order as temporary relief pending resolution of the suit filed.

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