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Leonora A. Garcia vs. COMELEC [SEPARATE OPINIONS]

LEONOR A. GARCIA, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THE CITY BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF CABANATUAN CITY COMPOSED OF EDILBERTO B. REGALADO AS CHAIRMAN AND MELVIN P. TIONGSON AND MA. VICTORIA A. ESTOESTA AS MEMBERS, and HONORATO C. PEREZ, SR., respondents.

G.R. No. L-53793 | 1981-06-29

 
 
Separate Opinions

FERNANDO, C.J., concurring:

The scholarly and comprehensive opinion for the Court by Justice Makasiar represents a thorough inquiry into the factual and legal aspects of the two petitions before us. From the premises laid down, it does not admit of doubt that it has full and ample support from the decisions relied upon by him. Although there is for me sufficient justification for viewing the matter in a different light, I concur in the result for reasons to be set forth.

1. As noted in the dissenting and concurring opinion of Justice Teehankee, the ruling in Laguda v. Commission on Elections, 1 decided on...