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Vera, Et. Al. Vs. Avelino, Et. Al. [DISSENTING OPINION, PERFECTO, J.]

JOSE O. VERA, ET AL., petitioners vs. JOSE A. AVELINO, ET AL., respondents. [DISSENTING OPINION, PERFECTO, J.]

G.R. No. L-543 | 1946-08-31

PERFECTO, J., dissenting:


I.—TO MEET OR NOT TO MEET THE CHALLENGE

The challenge has been flung. Shall we evade it by an unmanly and shameful retreat?

By this case the highest tribunal of the land in undergoing a crucial test. Shall it do honor to its constitutional role as the last bastion of the "regime of justice" proclaimed by the Constitution in its preamble, as one of the fundamental goals of the government established?

The Constitution itself is on the balance. Fundamental principles of good government, basic human rights, prime rules for the existence of an orderly society have been trampled upon. The victims come to the Supreme Court...