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Province of North Cotabato v. GRP Peace Panel [ CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BRION, J. ]

THE PROVINCE OF NORTH COTABATO, duly represented by GOVERNOR JESUS SACDALAN and/or VICE-GOVERNOR EMMANUEL PI?OL, for and in his own behalf, Petitioners, versus THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES PEACE PANEL ON ANCESTRAL DOMAIN (GRP), represented by SEC. RODOLFO GARCIA, ATTY. LEAH ARMAMENTO, ATTY. SEDFREY CANDELARIA, MARK RYAN SULLIVAN and/or GEN. HERMOGENES ESPERON, JR., the latter in his capacity as the present and duly-appointed Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPEOPLE) or the so-called Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, Respondents. [ CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BRION, J. ]

G.R. No. 183591 | 2008-10-14

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION 


BRION, J.: 

The Petitions for Mandamus 

I concur with the ponencia's conclusion that the mandamus aspect of the present petitions has been rendered moot when the respondents provided this Court and the petitioners with the official copy of the final draft of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD).[1] 

The Petitions for Prohibition 

I likewise concur with the implied conclusion that the "non-signing of the MOA-AD and the eventual dissolution of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) panel mooted the prohibition aspect of the petitions," but disagree...