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ANGKLA and SBP vs. COMELEC, etc. [CONCURRING OPINION, LEONEN, J.]

ANGKLA: ANG PARTIDO NG MGA PILIPINONG MARINO, INC. (ANGKLA), AND SERBISYO SA BAYAN PARTY (SBP), PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (SITTING AS THE NATIONAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS), CHAIRMAN SHERIFF M. ABAS, COMMISSIONER AL A. PARRENO. COMMISSIONER LUIE TITO F. GUIA, COMMISSIONER MA. ROWENA AMELIA V. GUANZON, COMMISSIONER SOCCORRO B. INTING, COMMISSIONER MARLON S. CASQUEJO, AND COMMISSIONER ANTONIO T. KHO, JR., RESPONDENTS. AKSYON MAGSASAKA - TINIG PARTIDO NG MASA (AKMA-PTM), PETITIONER-IN-INTERVENTION.

G.R. No. 246816 | 2020-09-15

CONCURRING OPINION


LEONEN, J.:

I concur with Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro Javier's (Justice Lazaro-Javier) ponencia denying the Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition filed by petitioners Ang Partido ng Marinong Pilipino. Inc. (ANGKLA) and Serbisyo sa Bayan Party (SBP), and sustaining National Board of Canvassers Resolution No. 004-19, which declared the winning party-list groups in the May 13, 2019 elections.

In addition, I invite attention to prevailing parameters that operationaiize the party-list system. I reiterate a position that I initially articulated in Atong Paglaum, Inc. v. Commission on Elections,[1]...