READ: Associate Justice Mendoza on voting ‘Yes’ to Marcos’ burial
Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza. Photo from Supreme Court website
The Supreme Court on November 8 allowed the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City.
The high tribunal voted 9-5 with one abstention to dismiss the petition filed by anti-Marcos groups and personalities to block President Duterte’s order.
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READ: SC votes, 9-5, for burial of Marcos at Libingan
Associate Justice Jose Mendoza was one of the five who voted “Yes.”
Read the full text of his decision above:
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