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Blas F. Ople vs. Ruben D. Torres [DISSENTING OPINION, KAPUNAN, J.]

BLAS F. OPLE, petitioner, vs. RUBEN D. TORRES, ALEXANDER AGUIRRE, HECTOR VILLANUEVA, CIELITO HABITO, ROBERT BARBERS, CARMENCITA REODICA, CESAR SARINO, RENATO VALENCIA, TOMAS P. AFRICA, HEAD OF THE NATIONAL COMPUTER CENTER and CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, respondents..

G.R. No. 127685 | 1998-07-23

KAPUNAN, J ., dissenting: 

The pioneering efforts of the executive to adopt a national computerized identification reference system has met fierce opposition. It has spun dark predictions of sinister government ploys to tamper with the citizen's right to privacy and ominous forecasts of a return to authoritarianism. Lost in the uproar, however, is the simple fact that there is nothing in the whole breadth and length of Administrative Order No. 308 that suggests a taint of constitutional infirmity. 

A.O. No. 308 issued by President Fidel V. Ramos on 12 December 1996 reads: 

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 308 

ADOPTION OF A...