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[2/3] BPI vs. De Reny Fabric Industries, Inc.

[2/3] BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DE RENY FABRIC INDUSTRIES, INC., AURORA T. TUYO and AURORA CARCERENY alias AURORA C. GONZALES, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-24821 | 1970-10-16

TEEHANKEE, J., dissenting: 

The holding of periodic elections constitutes the very foundation of a republican form of government such as ours. And it has aptly been remarked that "the measure of success of a democratic system is found in the degree to which its elections really reflect rising discontent before it becomes unmanageable, by which government responds to it with timely redress, and by which losing groups are self-disciplined to accept election results." 1 

An election is the most elemental and direct act and participation of the citizen in the conduct of government. Political power is thus entrusted by him, in concert...