Cruz and Europa v. Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources

law. Indeed, the State is exhorted to protect the rights of indigenous cultural communities to their ancestral lands, a task that would entail a balancing of interest between their specific needs and the imperatives of national interest. WHEREFORE, I vote to grant the petition. [1] People vs. Vera, 65 Phil. 56, 89; Macasiano vs. National Housing Authority, 224 SCRA 236, 244. [2] Am Jur § 189, p. 591, S. vD., 410 US 641, 35 L Ed 2d 536, 93 S Ct 1146. [3] Legaspi vs. Civil Service Commission, 150 SCRA 530, 540; Tañada vs. Tuvera, 136 SCRA 27, 36, 37. [4] Defensor Santiago, Miriam, Constitutional Law, First Edition, 1994, p. 11; see also Rev. Fr. Joaquin Bernas, S.J., on the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, 1996 Ed., pp. 336-337. [5] Oposa vs. Factoran, Jr., 224 SCRA 792. [6] Art. 11, Sec. 22. [7] Art. XII, Sec. 5. [8] Sec. 2. [9] II Aruego, The Framing of the Philippine Constitution, p. 594. [10] Ibid., p. 595. [11] Ibid., p. 600. [12] CONST., Art. XII, Sec. 2; Miners Association of the Philippines, Inc., vs. Factoran, Jr., 240 SCRA 100. [13] 41 Phil. 935. [14] CONST., Art. II, Sec. 1. [15] 4 Record of the Constitutional Commission 32. [16] 146 SCRA 446. SEPARATE OPINION KAPUNAN, J.: