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KilosBayan, Inc., et al. Vs. Teofisto Guingona, Jr., et al. [SEPARATE OPINION PUNO]

KILOSBAYAN, INCORPORATED, JOVITO R. SALONGA, CIRILO A. RIGOS, ERME CAMBA, EMILIO C. CAPULONG, JR., JOSE T. APOLO, EPHRAIM TENDERO, FERNANDO SANTIAGO, JOSE ABCEDE, CHRISTINE TAN, FELIPE L. GOZON, RAFAEL G. FERNANDO, RAOUL V. VICTORINO, JOSE CUNANAN, QUINTIN S. DOROMAL, SEN. FREDDIE WEBB, SEN. WIGBERTO TANADA, and REP. JOKER P. ARROYO, petitioners, vs. TEOFISTO GUINGONA, JR., in his capacity as Executive Secretary, Office of the President; RENATO CORONA, in his capacity as Assistant Executive Secretary and Chairman of the Presidential Review Committee on the Lotto, Office of the President; PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE; and PHILIPPINE GAMING CORPORATION, respondent. [SEPARATE OPINION PUNO]

G.R. No. 113375 | 1994-05-05

Separate Opinions

PUNO, J., dissenting: 

At the outset, let me state that my religious faith and family upbringing compel me to regard gambling, regardless of its garb, with hostile eyes. Such antagonism tempts me to view the case at bench as a struggle between good and evil, a fight between the forces of light against the forces of darkness. I will not, however, yield to that temptation for we are not judges of the Old Testament type who were not only arbiters of law but were also high priests of morality. 

I will therefore strictly confine the peregrinations of my mind to the legal issues for resolution: (1) whether or not the...