READ: Associate Justice Mendoza on voting ‘Yes’ to Marcos’ burial

By: 8 years ago

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.

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: