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Francisco Tatad vs Secretary of the Department of Energy [SEPARATE OPINION, KAPUNAN, J.]

FRANCISCO S. TATAD, petitioner, vs. THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, respondents. [ SEPARATE OPINION KAPUNAN, J.]

G.R. No. 124360 | 1997-11-05

Separate Opinions 
 
KAPUNAN, J ., concurring: 
 
Lately, the Court has been perceived (albeit erroneously) to be an unwelcome interloper in affairs and concerns best left to legislators and policy-makers. Admittedly, the wisdom of political and economic decisions are outside the scrutiny of the Court. However, the political question doctrine is not some mantra that will automatically cloak executive orders and laws (or provisions thereof) with legitimacy. It is this Court's bounden duty under Sec. 4(2), Art. VIII of the 1987 Constitution to decide all cases involving the constitutionality of laws and under Sec. 1 of...