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National Press Club vs. Commission on Elections [SEPARATE OPINIONS, DAVIDE, JR., J.]

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, petitioner vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent [SEPARATE OPINIONS, DAVIDE, JR., J.]

G.R. No. 102653 | 1992-03-05

Separate Opinions 

DAVIDE, JR., J., concurring:

I, fully concur with the majority opinion. I wish, however, to express my thoughts on some material points. 

The constitutional issue raised in these cases must be decided in the light of the provisions of our own Constitution and not on orthodox principles or classical definitions of certain rights which have, in the course of time and as a result of the interplay of societal forces requiring the balancing of interests and values, been unchained from their absolutist moorings. 

It is now settled that the freedom of speech and of the press, or of expression, which the Bill of...