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SUPREME COURT REPORTS ANNOTATED VOLUME 178 29/8/17, 10*38 PM
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Same; Same; Same; Same; The President has the duty to protect
and promote the interest and welfare of the people.Among the
duties of the President under the Constitution, in compliance with
his (or her) oath of office, is to protect and promote the interest and
welfare of the people. Her decision to bar the return of the Marcoses
and, subsequently, the remains of Mr. Marcos at the present time
and
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RESOLUTION
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In the interest of the safety of those who will take the death of Mr.
Marcos in widely and passionately conflicting ways, and for the
tranquility of the state and order of society, the remains of
Ferdinand E. Marcos will not be allowed to be brought to our
country until such time as the government, be it under this
administration or the succeeding one, shall otherwise decide.
[Motion for Reconsideration, p. 1; Rollo, p. 443.]
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The case has curious trappings of a deja vu, the shoe being
on the other foot, yet, as I stated before, I can not allow
personal emotions to soften my hardened impartiality
and deny, as a consequence, the rights of the ex-Presidents
bereaved to bury his remains in his homeland, and for
them to return from exile. As I had, then, voted to grant
the petition, so do I vote to grant reconsideration.
I have gone to lengths to locate in the four corners of the
Constitution, by direct grant or by implication, the
Presidents supposed residual power to forbid citizens
from entering the motherland reiterated in the resolution
of the majority. I have found none.
I am not agreed, that:
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awaiting the nation. The military has said over and over
that Marcos followers are not capable of successful
destabilization effort. And only this
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