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Eduardo Rodriguez vs COMELEC and Bienvenido Marquez [DISSENTING OPINION, VITUG, J.]

EDUARDO T. RODRIGUEZ, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, BIENVENIDO O. MARQUEZ, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 120099 | 1996-07-24

DISSENTING OPINION


VITUG, J.,


Let me not, in writing this dissenting opinion, be so misunderstood as stating that I am opposed to the doctrine of stare decisis et non quieta movere or to the consequences of the rule on the "law of the case," let alone to create, to borrow the phrase used by the majority, "instability in our jurisprudence." But what I would really dread is when I might, wittingly or unwittingly, misconceive the pronouncements made by the Court or, worse, be completely out of context therefrom. I should also like to point out that the dissent in no way necessarily implies an acceptance on the sapience of...