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

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

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

SEPARATE OPINION


ABAD, J.:

I have to concur only in the result set forth in the well-written ponencia of Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo because I arrived at the same conclusion following a different path.

I also felt that the Court needs, in resolving the issues in this case, to say more about what the Constitution and Republic Act (R.A.) 7941 intends in the case of the party-list system to abate the aggravations and confusion caused by the alarming overnight proliferation of sectoral parties.

The underlying policy of R.A. 7941 or The Party-List System Act is to give the marginalized and underrepresented sectors of society an...