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David vs. Comelec [SEPARATE, DISSENTING OPINION, MUÑOZ PALMA, J.]

JUAN T. DAVID, petitioner, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC); LEONARDO B. PEREZ, Chairman-COMELEC; VENANCIO S. DUQUE, FLORES A. BAYOT, CASIMIRO R. MADARANG, VENANCIO L. YANEZA, COMMISSIONERS-COMELEC; JAIME LAYA, BUDGET COMMISSIONER; AND GREGORIO G. MENDOZA, NAT­IONAL TREASURER, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47803/G.R. No. L-47816 | 1978-03-11

SEPARATE DISSENTING OPINION
 
MUÑOZ PALMA, J.dissenting:
 
"The Constitution shall be the bedrock of our Republic."
 
(From the Speech of President Ferdinand E. Marcos at . the opening of the 1971 Constitutional Convention. June 1.1971)
 
La Constitucion, x x x es la ley de la paternidad y de los afectos, del poder creador, que rige la vida en sits diversos ordenes. Obra del pueblo, y no de un partido, ha de ser, por tanto, la Constitucion para qua el pueblo cleba amarla y defenderla y los gobernantes respetar y cumplirla." , . .[*]
 
(From the Speech of President Claro M. Recto at the...