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Sanidad etc. vs. Commission on Election etc. [CONCURRING OPINION, CASTRO, C.J.]

ABLO C. SANIDAD AND PABLITO V. SANIDAD, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. L-44684. OCTOBER 12, 1976] VICENTE M. GUZMAN, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. L-44714. OCTOBER 12, 1976] RAUL M. GONZALES, RAUL T. GONZALES, JR., AND ALFREDO SALAPANTAN, PETITIONERS, VS. HONORABLE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND HONORABLE NATIONAL TREASURER, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. L-44640 | 1976-10-12

CONCURRING OPINION
 
 
CASTRO, C.J.:
 
 
From the challenge as formulated in the three petitions at bar and the grounds advanced by the Solicitor General in opposition thereto, as well as the arguments adduced by the counsels of the parties at the hearing had on October 7 and 8, 1976, three vital issues readily project themselves as the centers of controversy, namely:
 
 
(1) Is the question of the constitutionality of Presidential Decrees Nos. 991, 1031 and 1033 political or justiciable?
 
(2) During the present stage of the transition period, and under the environmental circumstances now obtaining, does the...