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EN BANC
GR.
No. 213847 -
JUAN PONCE ENRILE,
Petitioner,
v
SANDIGANBAYAN THIRD DIVISION AND
PEOPLE
OF THE
PHILIPPINES, Respondents.
Promulgated:
August 18,
2015
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DISSENTING OPINION
All persons,
except those charged with offenses punishable by
reclusion perpetua when evidence
of
guilt is strong,
shall, before
conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, or be released on
recognizance as may be provided by
law.
The right
to
bail shall not be
impaired even when the privilege
of
the writ
of
habeas corpus
is
suspended. Excessive bail shall not be required.
- CONST. art. IL sec. 13
The
law
in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the
poor to sleep under bridges,
to
beg in the streets, and to steal bread. -
LEONEN, J
I dissent.
The ed
Lily, Chapter
7
1894) by Anatole France,
French novelist 1844-1924)
This Petition for Certiorari should not be granted. The action of the
Sandiganbayan in denying the Motion to Fix Bail was proper. Bail
is
not a
matter
of
right in cases where the crime charged is plunder and the
imposable penalty is
reclusion perpetua.
Neither was there grave abuse
of
discretion by the Sandiganbayan
when it failed to release accused on bail for medical or humanitarian
reasons. His release for medical and humanitarian reasons was not the basis
for his prayer in his Motion to Fix Bail
1
filed before the Sandiganbayan.
Neither did he base his prayer for the grant
of
bail in this Petition on his
medical condition.
The grant of bail, therefore, by the majority is a special
accommodation for petitioner. t is based on a ground never raised before
the Sandiganbayan or in the pleadings filed before this court. The
Sandiganbayan should not be faulted for not shedding their neutrality and
Petition for Certiorari, Annex I
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Corrected page
Dissenting Opinion
17
GR. No. 213847
date the writer of he majority opinion presents the decision for the
signature of
he Members.
(Emphasis supplied)
But this member endeavored to complete his draft incorporating the
ideas and suggestions
o
other dissenting justices within two days from the
circulation
o
the majority opinion.
In the meantime, media, through various means, got wind
o
the vote
and started to speculate on the contents
o
the majority opinion. This may
have created expectations on the part
o
petitioner s friends, family, and
counsel. The Presiding Justice
o
the Sandiganbayan, while admitting that
the Decision had as yet not been promulgated and served, made
announcements
as
to their readiness to receive the cash bond and process the
release
o
the accused even
i
August 19, 2015 happened to be a holiday in
Quezon City, which was the seat
o
their court.
This is the context
o
the apparent delay in the announcements
regarding the vote and the date
o
promulgation
o
this judgment.
Despite brushing aside all
o
petitioner s arguments, the majority,
instead
o
denying the Petition for Certiorari, grants it on some other ground
that was not even argued nor prayed for by petitioner.
In essence, the majority now insists on granting bail merely on the
basis o the certification in a Manifestation and Compliance dated August
14
2014 by
Dr.
Jose
C.
Gonzales
(Dr.
Gonzales) stating that petitioner
is
suffering from numerous debilitating conditions.
56
This certification was
submitted
as
an annex to a Manifestation
57
before this court regarding the
remoteness
o
the possibility
o
flight
o
the accused not for the purposes
o
asking for bail due to such ailments.
Nowhere
in
the rules
o
procedure do we allow the grant
o
bail based
on judicial notice
o
a doctor s certification. In doing so,
we
effectively
suspend our rules on evidence by doing away with cross-examination and
authentication
o Dr.
Gonzales findings on petitioner s health in a hearing
whose main purpose is to determine whether no kind
o
alternative detention
is possible.
Under Section 2
o
Rule 129
o
the Revised Rules on Evidence:
6
The enumeration o diseases on page 2
o
the ponencia
is
based on the certification o
Dr.
Gonzales.
There
was
a hearing but for the purpose o determining whether hospital arrest can continue. The
hearing was not for the purpose o determining whether bail should
be
granted on the basis
o
his
medical condition.
57
Rollo
p. 373.
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Dissenting Opinion
29 G R
No. 213847
of
Law even in difficult cases. This case does not really present any kind
of
legal complexity
if
we blind ourselves as to who is involved.
t
is
complex
only because it is political.
The grant of provisional liberty to petitioner without any
determination
of
whether the evidence
of
guilt is strong violates the clear
and unambiguous text of the Constitution. It may be that as citizens we
have our own opinions on or predilections for how the balance
of
fundamental rights liberties and obligations should be.
t
may be that as
citizens such opinions are founded on our wealth of knowledge and
experience.
But as members of this court our duty is to enforce the exact textual
formulation
of
the fundamental document written and ratified by the
sovereign. This fealty to the text of the Constitution will provide us with a
stable anchor despite the potential political controversies that swirl over the
legal questions that we need to decide.
t
is also this fealty to the text of the
Constitution that gives this court the legitimacy as the final bastion and the
ultimate sentinel of
the Rule
of
Law.
As the apex
of
the judiciary the very sentinels
of
the Rule
of
Law the
court from whom all other courts like the Sandiganbayan should find
inspiration and courage we should apply the law squarely and without fear
or favor. We should have collectively carried the burden of doing justice
properly and denied this Petition.
Indeed mercy and compassion temper justice. However mercy and
compassion should never replace justice. There is injustice when we as the
court of last resort conveniently rid ourselves of the burden of enforcing the
Rule of Law by neglecting to do the kind of rigorous deliberate and
conscious analysis
of
the issues raised by the parties. There is injustice
when we justify the result we want with ambiguous and unclear standards.
Compassion as an excuse for injustice not only fails us as justices
of
this court.
t
also fails us in our own humanity.
ACCORDINGLY I vote to DISMISS the Petition. The Motion to
Fix Bail should be treated by the Sandiganbayan as a petition for bail under
Rule 114 Section 5
of
the Rules
of
Court.