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National Press Club vs. Commission on Elections [CONCURRING OPINION, PADILLA, J.]

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, petitioner vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent. [CONCURRING OPINION, PADILLA, J.]

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

PADILLA, J., concurring:

I will state in language as simple as I can muster why I believe the challenged law is constitutional. 

SEC. 11 of Republic Act No. 6646, otherwise known as the "Electoral Reforms Law of 1987", challenged in these petitions, states that: 

"SEC. 11. Prohibited Forms of Election Propaganda - In addition to the forms of election propaganda prohibited under Section 85 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, it shall be unlawful: 

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"(b) for any newspaper, radio broadcasting or television station, or other mass media, or any person making use of the mass media to sell or to give free of charge print...