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Ferdinand Marcos, et al. Vs. Raul Manglapus [SEPARATE OPINIONS]

FERDINAND E. MARCOS, IMELDA R. MARCOS, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., IRENE M. ARANETA, IMEE M. MANOTOC, TOMAS MANOTOC, GREGORIO ARANETA, PACIFICO E. MARCOS, NICANOR YNIGUEZ and PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION ASSOCIATION (PHILCONSA), represented by its President, CONRADO F. ESTRELLA, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE RAUL MANGLAPUS, CATALINO MACARAIG, SEDFREY ORDONEZ, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, FIDEL RAMOS, RENATO DE VILLA, in their capacity as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Executive Secretary, Secretary of Justice, Immigration Commissioner, Secretary of National Defense and Chief of Staff, respectively, respondents. [SEPARATE OPINIONS]

G.R. No. 88211 | 1989-09-15

Separate Opinions 
 
FERNAN, C.J., concurring: 
 
"The threats to national security and public order are real - the mounting Communist insurgency, a simmering separatist movement, a restive studentry, widespread labor disputes, militant farmer groups. . . . Each of these threats is an explosive ingredient in a steaming cauldron which could blow up if not handled properly." 1 
 
These are not my words. They belong to my distinguished colleague in the Court, Mr. Justice Hugo E. Gutierrez, Jr. But they express eloquently the basis of my full concurrence to the exhaustive and well-written ponencia of Mme....