AS FAMOUSLY flawed and fickle as it is, the Philippine legal system is inherently dramatic, something Aida Sevilla Mendoza knows...
With elections coming up next year, some politicians are perceived to be indirectly campaigning this early, so the following case is timely. It was brought in 2004 before the Supreme Court whose en banc decision was penned by Associate Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna. Azcuna retired from the high tribunal on February 15, 2009. The cum laude graduate of the Ateneo de Manila Law School in 1962 was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1963 after placing fourth in the bar exams.
