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Central Bank vs. Bangko Sentral [DISSENTING OPINION , PANGANIBAN, J.]

CENTRAL BANK (now Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner, versus BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS and the EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148208 | 2004-12-15

DISSENTING OPINION

PANGANIBAN, J.:
 
With all due respect, I dissent. I believe that it would be uncalled for, untimely and imprudent for this Court to void the last proviso of the second paragraph of Section 15(c) of Chapter 1 of Article II of Republic Act (RA) 7653. In the first place, the assailed provision is not unconstitutional, either on its face or as applied, and the theory of relative constitutionality finds no application to the case at bar. In the second place, a becoming respect on the part of this Court for Congress as a coequal and coordinate branch of government dictates that Congress should be given ample opportunity to...