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Development Bank of The Philippines (DBP) vs. National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) [DISSENTING OPINION, PADILLA, J.]

DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and LEONOR A. ANG, respondents.

G.R. No. 108031 | 1995-03-01

Separate Opinions

PADILLA, J., dissenting:

I am constrained to record my dissent from the ponencia prepared by Mr. Justice Bellosillo. I have no difficulty in going along with the proposition that ruling pronounced by the majority in litigations reaching the Supreme Court should be followed by lower courts and other agencies and instrumentalities of the government. But my silence in the wake of the reiterations made by the majority opinion in this case could be misconstrued as a relaxation or softening of my views on the matter of workers' absolute preference in the payment of their wages and monetary claims for benefits. It is only for...