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ENBANC G.R. No. 208566 - GRECO ANTONIOUS BEDA B. BELGICA, JOSE M. VILLEGAS JR., JOSE L. GONZALEZ, REUBEN M. ABANTE AND QUINTIN PAREDES SAN DIEGO, .Petitioners, v. THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., THE SECRETARY OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT FLORENCIO B. ABAD, THE NATIONAL TREASURER ROSALIA V. DE LEON, THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY FRANKLIN M. DRILON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SENATE PRESIDENT, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTED BY FELICIANO BELMONTE IN HIS CAPACITY AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, Respondents. G.R. No. 208493- SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIETY (SJS) PRESIDENT SAMSON S. ALCANTARA, Petitioner, v. HONORABLE FRANKLIN DRILON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SENATE PRESIDENT, AND HONORABLE FELICIANO BELMONTE, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Respondents. G.R. No. 209251 - PEDRITO M. NEPOMUCENO, Petitioner, v. PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III AND SECRETARY FLORENCIO "BUTCH" ABAD, Respondents.

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x---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------jlx CONCURRING OPINION LEONEN, J.: We do not just move on from a calamity caused by greed and abuse of power. We become better. We set things right. We recover the public's trust. We are again called to exercise our constitutional duty to ensure that every morsel of power of any incumbent in public office should only be exercised .in stewardship. Privileges are not permanent; they are not to be abused. Rank is bestowed to enable public. servants to accomplish their duties; it is not to aggrandize. Public 8ffice is for the public good; it is not a


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