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The Long View
\nComelec lays down case for persecution
\nBy Manuel L. Quezon III
\nPhilippine Daily Inquirer
\nFirst Posted 00:14:00 11\/16\/2009
\nTHERE is no point arguing the merits of the Comelec\u2019s decision to deny Ang Ladlad recognition as a party-list group. That is because there are none. The paper produced and signed by Commissioners Nicodemus Ferrer, Lucenito Tagle and Elias Yusoph is a religious tract masquerading as a legal document. However, it has legal consequences and that requires examination\u2014and opposition.
\nThe Comelec commissioners\u2019 faith-based opinion now enjoys the presumption of legality and it continues what the Comelec began in 2007, that is, to deny Ang Ladlad the opportunity to seek a mandate from the electorate. While no one in their right mind considers the Comelec commissioners\u2019 decision to be worth the paper it\u2019s printed on, the Comelec decision requires Ang Ladlad to go through the process of appeals and possibly fight things out all the way to the Supreme Court\u2014by which time it will be the eve of the 2013 elections. By which time a case would have been built for ordering the arrest of members and supporters of Ang Ladlad, of Danton Remoto and even the publishers of his works.
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