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Archbishop Capalla vs. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) [ CONCURRING OPINION, REYES, J.]

ARCHBISHOP FERNANDO R. CAPALLA, OMAR SOLITARIO ALI and MARY ANNE L. SUSANO, Petitioners, versus THE HONORABLE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondent. and SOLIDARITY FOR SOVEREIGNTY (S4S), represented by Ma. Linda Olaguer; RAMON PEDROSA, BENJAMIN PAULINO SR., EVELYN CORONEL, MA. LINDA OLAGUER MONTAYRE, and NELSON T. MONTAYRE, Petitioners, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, represented by its Chairman, Commissioner SIXTO S. BRILLANTES, JR., Respondent. and TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, BISHOP BRODERICK S. PABILLO, SOLITA COLLAS MONSOD, MARIA CORAZON MENDOZA ACOL, FR. JOSE DIZON, NELSON JAVA CELIS, PABLO R. MANALASTAS, GEORGINA R. ENCANTO and ANNA LEAH E. COLINA, Petitioners, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and SMARTMATIC TIM CORPORATION, Respondents. and TANGGULANG DEMOKRASYA (TAN DEM), INC., EVELYN L. KILAYKO, TERESITA D. BALTAZAR, PILAR L. CALDERON and ELITA T. MONTILLA, Petitioners, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and SMARTMATIC-TIM Corporation, Respondents.

G.R. No. 201112 and G.R. No. 201121 and G.R. No. 201127 and G.R. No. 201413 | 2012-06-13


SEPARATE CONCURRING

 

REYES, J.:

 

          Barely a year left before May 2013, past the supposed initial stage in the timeline for choosing suppliers for goods and services for the elections and when preparations for the orderly conduct of this constitutional exercise is expected to have started, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is now before this Court with a  serious undertaking of justifying its resolve to proceed with the purchase of Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) Machines from Smartmatic International Corporation and Total Information Management...