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Dante Liban, et al. Vs. Richard J. Gordon [DISSENTING OPINION NACHURA]

DANTE V. LIBAN, REYNALDO M. BERNARDO, and SALVADOR M. VIARI, Petitioners, versus RICHARD J. GORDON, Respondent. [DISSENTING OPINION NACHURA]

G.R. No. 175352 | 2009-07-15

DISSENTING OPINION 


NACHURA, J.: 

I am constrained to register my dissent because the ponencia does not only endorse an unmistakably flagrant transgression of the Constitution but also unwittingly espouses the destruction of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) as an institution. With all due respect, I disagree with the principal arguments advanced in the ponencia to justify Senator Richard J. Gordon's unconstitutional holding of the chairmanship of the PNRC Board of Governors while concurrently sitting as a member of the Senate of the Philippines. 

Procedurally, I maintain that the petition is one for prohibition and that...