Tingnan ang aking opinyong Sumasang-ayon at Sumasalungat MARIA LOURDES P. A. SERENO Chief Justice See Concurring Opinion ANTONIO T. CARPIO Associate Justice PRESBITERO J. VELASCO, JR. Associate Justice With Separate concurring opinion TERESITA J. LEONARDO-DE CASTRO Associate Justice See: Separate Concurring Opinion ARTURO D. BRION Associate Justice DIOSDADO M. PERALTA Associate Justice LUCAS P. BERSAMIN Associate Justice See Concurring and dissenting MARIANO C. DEL CASTILLO Associate Justice See Concurring Opinion ROBERTO A. ABAD Associate Justice MARTIN S. VILLARAMA, JR. Associate Justice JOSE PORTUGAL PEREZ Associate Justice See concurring and dissenting BIENVENIDO L. REYES Associate Justice See Concurring and Dissenting Opinion ESTELA M. PERLAS-BERNABE Associate Justice See Separate dissent MARVIC MARIO VICTOR F. LEONEN Associate Justice CERTIFICATION Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution, I hereby certify 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. MARIA LOURDES P. A. SERENO Chief Justice Footnotes 1 Islamic Da'wah Council of the Philippines, Inc. v. Office of the Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 153888, July 9, 2003; 405 SCRA 497, 504.