SUMMARY OF THE VOTING IN THE PP 1017 DECISION

Fourteen of the 15 SC justices participated in the decision. Senior Associate Justice Reynato S. Puno was on leave.

Justice Angelina Sandoval Gutierrez’s 78-page ponencia was concurred in by 10 Justices: Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban and Justices Leonardo A. Quisumbing, Consuelo Ynares Santiago, Antonio T. Carpio, Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez, Conchita Carpio Morales, Romeo J. Callejo, Sr., Adolfo S. Azcuna, Minita V. Chico-Nazario, and Cancio C. Garcia.

Both the Chief Justice and Justice Ynares-Santiago wrote separate concurring opinions. The Chief Justice’s concurring opinion was joined by Justices Carpio, Carpio Morales, and Callejo, Sr.

Justice Dante O. Tinga’s dissenting opinion was joined by Justices Renato C. Corona and Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr.