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Tecson and Desiderio, Jr. vs COMELEC, Fernando Poe Jr, et al. [SEPARATE OPINION, J. TINGA ]

MARIA JEANETTE C. TECSON and FELIX B. DESIDERIO, JR., petitioners, vs. The COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RONALD ALLAN KELLY POE (a.k.a. FERNANDO POE, JR.) and VICTORINO X. FORNIER, respondents. [SEPARATE OPINION, J. TINGA ]

G.R. No. 161434 | 2004-03-03

SEPARATE OPINION

TINGA, J.:

Unabated, the "interesting" times march on.[1]

No sooner had the dust of battle settled in the impeachment case,[2] where this writer noted the unfurling saga of profound events that dominated the country's recent past,[3] the cavalcade of occurrences of the last three months reached a crescendo with the filing of the instant cases before this Court. After the case involving the Chief Justice, we now address the question on the citizenship qualification for President of the land.

How the Chinese customary wish of "interesting" times will turn out for the Filipinos' lot, whether as a curse or a blessing,...