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EcoGuard PH, an environmental NGO, files a petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court challenging Proclamation No. 999 declaring a nationwide “economic stabilization period” and authorizing price controls on essential goods. The Proclamation is framed as an executive emergency measure; the Court of Appeals dismissed the petition for lack of justiciability, treating it as a non-justiciable policy matter. (a) Identify the central doctrine governing the scope of judicial power in the Philippines and its relevance to this case. (b) Distinguish the controlling rule on judicial power from the executive and legislative powers, with emphasis on justiciability. (c) Apply to EcoGuard PH’s petition: is the issue justiciable and within the realm of judicial power? What relief should the Court grant or deny, and why?