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the very existence and integrity of the nation and all that it stands
for. Perhaps the truismalmost a dogmawell recognized by
constitutionalists and political scientists of all persuasions as a
convenient pragmatic rule for survival of nations, namely, that in
an emergency, the best form of government is a dictatorship, might
have been in the mind of those who formulate it, but it is quite
obvious, as will be explained anon, that other fundamental factors
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All powers vested in the President of the Philippines under the 1935
Constitution and the laws of the land which are not herein provided for
on conferred upon any official shall be deemed and are hereby vested in
the President unless the Batasang Pambansa provides otherwise.
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amendment,
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and defines and delimits the powers thereof and its officers,
reserving as they must plenary sovereignty to themselves,
the people should prudently provide what powers may and
should be exercised by the government and/or its officials
in times of crises and emergencies that could jeopardize the
very life and/or territorial integrity of the country. Even as
individual rights and liberties are valued and enshrined as
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Again, we beg to disagree. Article VII, sec. 11, applies only when
the President is exercising his power of executive clemency. In the
case at bar, Presidential Decree 1840 was issued pursuant to his
power to legislate under Amendment No. 6. It ought to be in
dubitable that when the President acts as legislator as in the case
at bar, he does not need the concurrence of the Batasan. Rather, he
exercises concurrent authority vested by the Constitution.
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SEPARATE OPINION
DE CASTRO, J.:
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