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GMA Network, Inc. v. COMELEC

GMA NETWORK, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. SENATOR ALAN PETER “COMPAÑERO” S. CAYETANO, PETITIONER-INTERVENOR. [G.R. NO. 205374] ABC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 205592] MANILA BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. AND NEWSOUNDS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 205852] KAPISANAN NG MGA BRODKASTER NG PILIPINAS (KBP) AND ABS-CBN CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 206360] RADIO MINDANAO NETWORK, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 205357/G.R. No. 205374/G.R. No. 205592/G.R. No. 205852/G.R. No. 206360 | 2014-09-02

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PERALTA, J.:
 
“The clash of rights demands a delicate balancing of interests approach which is a ‘fundamental postulate of constitutional law.’”1
 
Once again the Court is asked to draw a carefully drawn balance in the incessant conflicts between rights and regulations, liberties and limitations, and competing demands of the different segments of society. Here, we are confronted with the need to strike a workable and viable equilibrium between a constitutional mandate to maintain free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections, together...