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Saturnino C. Ocampo Vs. Hon. Ephrem S. Abando, et al./Randall B. Echanis Vs. Hon. Thelma Bayuni-Medina etc., et al./Rafael G. Baylosis Vs. Hon. Thelma Bayuni-Medina etc., et al./Vicente P. Ladlad Vs. Hon. Thelma Bayuni-Medina etc., et al. [Concurring Opinion J. Leonen]

G.R. No. 176830 - SATURNINO C. OCAM.PO, Petitioner vs. HON. EPHREM·S. ABANDO, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Hilongos, Leyte, Branch 18; CESAR M. MERIN, in his capacity as Approving Prosecutor and Officer-in-Charge; ROSULO U. VIVERO, in his capacity as Investigating Prosecutor; and RAUL M. GONZALEZ, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Justice, Respondents. G.R. No. 185587 - RANDALL B. :£CHANIS, Petitioner vs. HON. THELMA BUNYI-MEDINA, in her capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 32; HON. EPHREM S. ABANDO, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Hilongos, Leyte, Branch 18; CESAR M. MERIN, in his capacity as Approving Prosecutor and Offi.cer-in-Charge; ROSULO U. VIVERO, in his capacity as Investigating Prosecutor; and RAUL M. GONZALEZ, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Justice, Respondents. G.R. No .. 185636 - RAFAEL G. BAYLOSIS, Petitioner vs. HON. THELMA BUNYI-MEDINA, in her capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 32; HON. EPHREM S. ABANDO, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Hilongos, Leyte, Branch 18; CESAR M. MERIN, in his capacity as Approving Prosecutor and Officer-in-Charge; ROSULO U. VIVERO, in his capacity as Investigating Prosecutor; and RAUL M. GONZALEZ, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Justice, Respondents. G.R. No. 190005 - VICENTE P. LADLAD, Petitioner vs. HON. THELMA BUNYI-MEDINA, in her capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 32, and the PEOPLE OF THE PHILLIPINES, Respondents. [Concurring Opinion J. Leonen]

G.R. No. 176830/G.R. No. 185587/G.R. No. 185636/G.R. No. 190005 | 2014-02-11

EN BANC

CONCURRING OPINION

"Some say freedom is relative. One mans freedom is another mans bondage. rVe may have been in chains, but we weren 'l shackled by delusions. Our movements were restrained, but we weren t tied up by myth. Our tormefl.tors thought they were free, but they were blinded by.falsehood; their senses were deadened by the mirage of power they clutched and made god And then they were stunned by their own shaduws; paralyzed by fear of the very monsters and demons they fashioned in their heads that stood todevour them at the end of it all.

. . . Our eventual freedom was truly memorable. The...