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Telecommunications and Broadcast Attorneys of the Philippines (TELEBAP) vs. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) 289 SCRA 537

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCAST ATTORNEYS OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. and GMA NETWORK, INC., petitioners, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent.

G.R. No. 132922 | 1998-04-21

D E C I S I O N 
 
MENDOZA, J: 
 
In Osmeña v. COMELEC , G.R. No. 132231, decided March 31, 1998, 1 we upheld the validity of §11(b) of R.A. No. 6646 which prohibits the sale or donation of print space or air time for political ads, except to the Commission on Elections under §90, of B.P. No. 881, the Omnibus Election Code, with respect to print media, and §92, with respect to broadcast media. In the present case, we consider the validity of §92 of B.P. Blg. No. 881 against claims that the requirement that radio and television time be given free takes property without due process of law; that it...