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Primicias vs. Fugoso [SEPARATE OPINION, DISSENTING, HILADO, J.]

CIPRIANO P. PRIMICIAS, General Campaign Manager of Coalesced Minority Parties, petitioner, vs. VALERIANO E. FUGOSO, Mayor of City of Manila, respondent.

G.R. No. L-1800 | 1948-01-27

DISSENTING OPINION
 
HILADO, J.:
 
Because the constitutional right of assembly and petition for redress of grievances has been here invoked on behalf of petitioner, it has been considered doubly necessary to expound at length the grounds of my dissent. We are all ardent advocates of this right, whenever and wherever properly exercisable. But, in considering the legal problem here presented serenely and dispassionately, as I had to, I arrived at a different conclusion from that of the majority.
 
(aRight not absolute but subject to regulation.—It should be recognized that this right is not absolute and is subject...