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Manila Public School Teachers Association, Et Al. Vs. Perfecto Laguio, Jr. [DISSENTING OPINION, FELICIANO, J.]

MANILA PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, FIDEL FABABIER, MERLIN ANONUEVO, MINDA GALANG and other teacher-members so numerous similarly situated, petitioner-appellants, vs. THE HON. PERFECTO LAGUIO, JR., in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 18, HON. ISIDRO CARINO, in his capacity as Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports and the HON. ERLINDA LOLARGA, in her capacity as Manila City Schools Superintendent, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. 95445 | 1991-08-06

FELICIANO, J., dissenting:

With regret, I find myself unable to concur in the majority opinion. I would associate myself with the reasoning and conclusions (though not necessarily with all the adjectives and adverbs) of the dissenting opinion of Gutierrez, J. as well as the conclusions reached by Padilla and Sarmiento, JJ. in their respective dissenting opinion.

Here I merely wish to underscore the constitutional issue which appears to me to be raised in the instant case by the contra-position of, on the one hand, the prohibition against employees in the public sector going on strikes and, on the other hand, the rights of free speech and of...