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Emilio M.R. Osmena, et al. vs. Comelec [DISSENTING OPINION, VITUG. J.]

EMILIO M.R. OSMENA and PABLO P. GARCIA, petitioners, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent. [DISSENTING OPINION, VITUG. J.]

G.R. No. 132231 | 1998-03-31

VITUG, J ., dissenting:

I share the opinion of those who continue to uphold the decision in the National Press Club vs. Commission on Elections case that has sustained the validity of Section 11(b) of Republic Act ("R-A.") No. 6646, otherwise also known as the Electoral Reforms Law of 1987. 

Petitioners, in seeking a re-examination of the decision of this Court in the National Press Club case, no more than invoke anew Section 4, Article III, of the Constitution to the effect that -

"No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of press, on the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the...