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Maquiling vs. Comelec [Resolution] [Dissenting Opinion, J. Brion]

CASAN MACODE MAQUILING, Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ROMMEL ARNADO y CAGOCO, LINOG G. BALUA, Respondents. [Dissenting Opinion, J. Brion]

G.R. No. 195649 | 2013-07-02

DISSENTING OPINION 
 
BRION, J.:
 
I maintain my dissent and vote to reconsider the Court's April 16, 2013 Decision. I so vote for the reasons stated in my main Dissent, some of which I restate below for emphasis. Most importantly, I believe that the majority's ruling runs counter to the policy behind Republic Act No. (RA) 9225 1, is legally illogical and unsound, and should thus be reversed. 
 
a) The assailed Decision rules on a situation of doubt and in the relatively uncharted area of application where RA 9225 overlaps with our election laws. It reverses the Commission on Elections ( COMELEC) ruling that...