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Poe-Llamanzares vs. COMELEC [SEPARATE DISSENTING OPINION, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.]

[G.R. No. 221697] MARY GRACE NATIVIDAD S. POE-LLAMANZARES, Petitioner, -versus- COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND ESTRELLA C. ELAMPARO, Respondents, [G.R. Nos. 221698-700] MARY GRACE NATIVIDAD S. POE-LLAMANZARES, Petitioner, -versus- COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, FRANCISCO S. TATAD, ANTONIO P. CONTRERAS AND AMADO D. VALDEZ, Respondents Present: SERENO, C.J., CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BRION, PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO, PEREZ, MENDOZA, REYES, PERLAS-BERNABE, LEONEN, JARDELEZA, CAGUIOA, JJ.

G.R. No. 221697 and G.R. Nos. 221698-700 | 2016-04-05

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SEPARATE DISSENTING OPINION 

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

The Decision dated March 8, 2016 annulled and set aside the Commission on Elections ( COMELEC) December 1, 2015 and December 23, 2015 Resolutions in SPA Nos. 15-001 (DC); and, the December 11, 2015 and December 23, 2015 Resolutions in 15-002 (DC), 15-007 (DC), and 15-139 (DC), which denied due course to and/or cancelled petitioner Poe's Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for the position of President of the Republic of the Philippines. Said COMELEC resolutions were declared to have been issued with grave abuse of discretion. At the outset, it must be emphasized that the...