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Ang Ladlad LGBT Party Vs. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) [DISSENTING OPINION, J. CORONA]

ANG LADLAD LGBT PARTY represented herein by its Chair, DANTON REMOTO, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondents. [DISSENTING OPINION, J. CORONA]

G.R. No. 190582 | 2010-04-08

D I S S E N T I N G O P I N I O N


CORONA, J.:

Stripped of the complicated and contentious issues of morality and religion, I believe the basic issue here is simple: does petitioner Ang Ladlad LGBT Party qualify, under the terms of the Constitution and RA 7941, as a marginalized and underrepresented sector in the party-list system?

The relevant facts are likewise relatively uncomplicated. Petitioner seeks accreditation by the respondent Commission on Elections as a political organization of a marginalized and underrepresented sector under the party-list system. Finding that petitioner is not a marginalized sector under RA 7941, the...