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KilosBayan, Inc., et al. Vs. Teofisto Guingona, Jr., et al. [SEPARATE OPINION PADILLA]

KILOSBAYAN, INCORPORATED, JOVITO R. SALONGA, CIRILO A. RIGOS, ERME CAMBA, EMILIO C. CAPULONG, JR., JOSE T. APOLO, EPHRAIM TENDERO, FERNANDO SANTIAGO, JOSE ABCEDE, CHRISTINE TAN, FELIPE L. GOZON, RAFAEL G. FERNANDO, RAOUL V. VICTORINO, JOSE CUNANAN, QUINTIN S. DOROMAL, SEN. FREDDIE WEBB, SEN. WIGBERTO TANADA, and REP. JOKER P. ARROYO, petitioners, vs. TEOFISTO GUINGONA, JR., in his capacity as Executive Secretary, Office of the President; RENATO CORONA, in his capacity as Assistant Executive Secretary and Chairman of the Presidential Review Committee on the Lotto, Office of the President; PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE; and PHILIPPINE GAMING CORPORATION, respondent. [SEPARATE OPINION PADILLA]

G.R. No. 113375 | 1994-05-05

Separate Opinions

PADILLA, J., concurring: 

My views against gambling are a matter of judicial record. In Basco v. PAGCOR, (G.R. No. 91649, 14 May 1991, 197 SCRA 52) I expressed these views in a separate opinion where I was joined by that outstanding lady jurist, Mme. Justice A. Melencio-Herrera whose incisive approach to legal problems is today missed in this Court. I reproduce here those views because they are highly persuasive to the conclusions I reach in the present controversy: 

"I concur in the result of the learned decision penned by my brother Mr. Justice Paras. This means that I agree with the decision insofar as it holds...