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Secretary of Justice vs Hon. Ralph Lantion & Mark Jimenez [CONCURRING OPINION, YNARES-SANTIAGO,J.]

SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, petitioner, vs. HON. RALPH C. LANTION, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 25, and MARK B. JIMENEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 139465 | 2000-01-18

D E C I S I O N 

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.: 

I concur in the ponencia of Mr. Justice Jose A.R. Melo with its conceptive analysis of a citizen's right to be given what is due to him. I join in his exposition of this Court's constitutional duty to strike the correct balance between overwhelming Government power and the protection of individual rights where only one person is involved. 

However, I am constrained to write this short concurrence if only to pose the question of why there should be any debate at all on a plea for protection of one's liberty which, if granted, will not result in any meaningful impediment of thwarting any...