The dissenting justices in the Supreme Court (SC) ruling on an election case claimed that the majority opinion of the high tribunal denied due process to former-Rep. Regina Ongsiako Reyes of Marinduque who was disqualified to run in the May 2013 polls.

In the 21-page Dissenting Opinion of Associate Justice Arturo Brion, which was adopted by Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justices Martin Villarama and Mario Victor Leonen, the minority bloc in the case stated that due process should have been observed.

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