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People vs. Lopez [SEPARATE OPINION, CONCURRING, TUASON, J.]

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. EUSEBIO LOPEZ, Associate Judge of Second Division of People's Court, BENIGNO S. AQUINO and ANTONIO DE LAS ALAS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-1243 | 1947-04-14

TUASON, J., with whom concurs MORAN, C. J., concurring:

I concur in the result of Mr. Justice Perfecto's opinion and shall state briefly my reasons.  I shall confine myself to the broad, fundamental principles of the case, leaving aside all niceties of legal interpretation.

It is well settled that "judges may be disqualified only for proper grounds; and, where the constitution or statutes enumerate such grounds no others will be recognized.

"In order that a judge may be disqualified, there must exist a ground authorized by law to disqualify him, and it is not for the courts to add other grounds of...