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Province of North Cotabato v. GRP Peace Panel [ SEPARATE CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, 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. [ SEPARATE CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J. ]

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

SEPARATE CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION

 

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

 

I vote to consider thecases moot and academic considering the manifestation in the Memorandum, datedSeptember 24, 2008, filed by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) that:

 

“x x x The Executive Department hasrepeatedly and categorically stated that theMOA-AD will not be signed in its present form or in any other form.  The Chief Executive has in fact gone to theextent of dissolving the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP)Panel and has decided to take on a different tack and launch talks, no longerwith rebels or rebel groups, but with...