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Oliveros vs. Villaluz [CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION, RUIZ-CASTRO, J.]

JOSE R. OLIVEROS, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE JUDGE ONOFRE A. VILLALUZ and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-34636 | 1974-05-30

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION

RUIZ-CASTRO, J.:

I am in agreement with the disposition of this case to the effect that the petitioner should be completely absolved from the charge of contempt of court.

I reserve my vote, however, on the matter of whether the petitioner may yet be suspended from office after his re-election, as well consequently on the matter of whether the order of the respondent judge declaring the petitioner under suspension for the duration of the pendency of the criminal case against him is valid.

My reservation is occasioned by my own reading of the actual extent of the meaning and implications of the first...