ATTESTATION       I attest that the conclusions in the above Decision had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Court’s Division.                                                               ANTONIO T. CARPIO                                                             Associate Justice                                                                 Chairperson                          CERTIFICATION       Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution, and the Division Chairperson’s Attestation, it is hereby certified that the conclusions in the above Decision were reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Court’s Division.                                                                    REYNATO S. PUNO                                                                   Chief Justice                                                              Designated additional Member of the Second Division in lieu of Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo per Raffle dated March 15, 2010. [1]   Under Rule 45 of the Revised RULES OF COURT. [2]   Penned by Associate Justice Mariano C. del Castillo (now a member of this Court), and concurred in by Associate Justice Arcangelita M. Romilla-Lontok and Associate Justice Romeo F. Barza; rollo, pp. 13-25. [3]   Id. at 135. *