HELD: It was declared by the Supreme Court that the R.A.

9591 is unconstitutional for being violative of Section 5 (3),

Article VI of the 1987 Constitution and Section 3 of the Ordinance appended to the 1987 Constitution on the grounds that, as
required by the 1987 Constitution, a city must have at least 250,000 population. In relation with this, Regional Director
Miranda issued a Certification which is based on the demographic projections, was declared without legal effect because the
Regional Director has no basis and no authority to issue the Certification based on the following statements supported by
Section 6 of E.O. 135 as signed by President Fidel V. Ramos, which provides:

The certification on demographic projection can be issued only if such are declared official by the Nat’l Statistics
Coordination Board. In this case, it was not stated whether the document have been declared official by the NSCB.
The certification can be issued only by the NSO Administrator or his designated certifying officer, in which case, the
Regional Director of Central Luzon NSO is unauthorized.
The population projection must be as of the middle of the year, which in this case, the Certification issued by Director
Miranda was undated.

It was also computed that the correct figures using the growth rate, even if compounded, the Malolos population of 223,069
as of August 1, 2007 will grow to only 249,333 as of August 1, 2010.
It was emphasized that the 1935 Constitution, that this Court ruled that the aim of legislative reappointment is to equalize the
population and voting power among districts.