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David vs. Comelec [CONCURRING OPINION, BARREDO, J.]

JUAN T. DAVID, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC); LEONARDO B. PEREZ, Chairman-COMELEC; VENANCIO S. DUQUE, FLORES A. BAYOT, CASIMIRO R. MADARANG, VENANCIO L. YANEZA, COMMISSIONERS-COMELEC; JAIME LAYA, BUDGET COMMISSIONER; AND GREGORIO G. MENDOZA, NAT­IONAL TREASURER, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47803/G.R. No. L-47816 | 1978-03-11

CONCURRING OPINION 
 
BARREDO, J., concurring:
 
I concur in the disposition of all the petitions in these six cases made in the scholarly main opinion of Mr. Justice Antonio. I just want to articulate a few thoughts I have about the matters therein involved which I deem relevant, appropriate and timely.
 
To begin with, I wish to make it clear that the series of interpellations 1 made during the hearings which might have created the impression that I am not in agreement with the defenses interposed and ably discussed by the Solicitor General were really intended to test whether or not what appeared to me to be...