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Joker P. Arroyo Vs. House Of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, Et Al. [SEPARATE OPINION, VITUG, J. ]

JOKER P. ARROYO, petitioner, vs. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL (HRET) and AUGUSTO L. SYJUCO, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 118597 | 1995-07-14

VITUG, J., separate opinion:

Section 17, Article VI, of the Constitution provides that the "Senate and the House of Representatives shall each have an Electoral Tribunal which shall be the sole judge of all contests relating to the election, returns and qualifications of their respective Members." (Emphasis supplied)

The majority of my colleagues would this time set aside a decision of the Electoral Tribunal of the House of Representatives. I am afraid that such a pronouncement would be derogatory to the explicit mandate of the fundamental law. Like my colleague, Mr. Justice Teodoro Padilla, I also believe that the evident Constitutional...