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Kilusan Ng Mga Mamamayan Para sa Matuwid na Bayan et al. vs. COMELEC [CONCURRING OPINION, LEONEN, SAJ.]

KILUSAN NG MAMAMAYAN PARA SA MATUWID NA BAYAN, A COALITION OF CORPORATE ENTITIES DULY REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, WHICH ARE PETITIONERS HEREIN AS WELL, NAMELY, CAPITOL CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP; BUKLOD PAMILYA INCORPORATED; KMP, KOALISYONG PANGKAUNLARAN NG MAMAMAYAN; AND KNK, ANAK NG DIYOS KADUGO NI KRISTO, AND JOSE LAGUNSAD GONZALES, VICENTE ALEJO MACATANGAY, JR., SHARON FAITH SAMACO PAQUIZ, NELSON JAVA CELIS, MELCHOR GRUELA MAGDAMO, RODRIGO G. CORNEJO, AND MELANIO LAZO MAURICIO, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC), Respondent

G.R. No. 259850 | 2023-06-13

SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION


LEONEN, SAJ.:

I concur in the ponencia that the Petition should be dismissed on procedural grounds and for petitioners' failure to show that public respondent Commission on Elections failed to comply with the requirements of Republic Act No. 8436, as amended by Republic Act No. 9369.

However, I would like to raise a few points.

First, the law provisions implementing automated elections are mandatory. In Bagumbayan-VNP Movement, Inc. v. Commission on Elections,[1] this Court granted the petition for mandamus to compel the Commission on Elections "to enable the vote...