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Sanidad etc. vs. Commission on Election etc. [CONCURRING OPINION, CONCEPCION JR., J.]

ABLO C. SANIDAD AND PABLITO V. SANIDAD, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. L-44684. OCTOBER 12, 1976] VICENTE M. GUZMAN, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. L-44714. OCTOBER 12, 1976] RAUL M. GONZALES, RAUL T. GONZALES, JR., AND ALFREDO SALAPANTAN, PETITIONERS, VS. HONORABLE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND HONORABLE NATIONAL TREASURER, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. L-44640 | 1976-10-12

CONCURRING OPINION
 
 
CONCEPCION JR., J.:
 
I  vote for the dismissal of the petitions.
 
 
1. The issue is not political and therefore justiciable.
 
 
The term "political question", as this Court has previously defined, refers to those questions which, under the constitution, are to be decided by the people in their sovereign capacity, or in regard to which full discretionary authority has been delegated to the Legislature or executive branch of the Government.  It is concerned with the issues dependent upon the wisdom, not legality, of a particular measure.[1]
 
 
Here, the question...