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

Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza. Photo from Supreme Court website

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:

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