Case Digest (G.R. No. 193178) Core Legal Reasoning Model
Core Legal Reasoning Model
Facts:
In Deduro v. Vinoya (G.R. No. 254753, July 4, 2023), petitioner Siegfred D. Deduro, an activist and former party-list representative of Bayan Muna, alleged that military officers under Respondent Maj. Gen. Eric C. Vinoya—Commanding Officer of the 3rd Infantry Division (3rd ID), Philippine Army—had repeatedly red-tagged him as a ranking member of the CPP-NPA. He cited a June 19, 2020 Iloilo Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting where slides bearing his name and photo were shown, and subsequent media publications by Bombo Radyo and the Philippine News Agency. He recounted earlier posters (December 11, 2017; March 16, 2019; August 27, 2020) plastered around Iloilo City and Mandurriao, Iloilo, and Oton, Iloilo, branding him and fellow activists as “criminals, terrorists, members of CPP-NPA-NDF.” He also reported being tailed by unidentified men on January 23, 2019, and witnessed red-tagging of NGOs at an August 24, 2019 symposium in Bacolod City. Two individuals similarly label Case Digest (G.R. No. 193178) Expanded Legal Reasoning Model
Expanded Legal Reasoning Model
Facts:
- Parties and Background
- Petitioner Siegfred D. Deduro is an Iloilo activist, former party-list representative of Bayan Muna, and officer/consultant in various NGOs and government bodies.
- Respondent Maj. Gen. Eric C. Vinoya is sued in his official capacity as Commanding Officer of the 3rd Infantry Division, Philippine Army.
- Red-Tagging Incidents
- June 19, 2020 PPOC Meeting – Military officers under respondent identified petitioner by name as part of the CPP-NPA hierarchy; media reports and social-media posts amplified the accusation.
- Philippine News Agency Article – Photo captioned “Photo courtesy of Philippine Army’s 61st Infantry Battalion,” implicating respondent’s unit.
- Other Harassment and Surveillance
- December 11, 2017 Posters – Petitioner’s image labeled “criminal, terrorist” among other activists at various Iloilo City locations.
- March 16, 2019 Re-plastered Posters – Same content and persons targeted.
- January 23, 2019 Surveillance – Unidentified men followed petitioner and companions; police blotter by companion (Annex “M”).
- August 24, 2019 Symposium in Bacolod – Military officers red-tagged petitioner’s organizations and other NGOs as CPP-NPA-NDF supporters.
- August 27, 2020 Posters in Iloilo and Oton – Renewed labelling of petitioner and fellow activists.
- October 10 & 16, 2020 Social-Media Red-Tagging – “Western Visayas Expose” Facebook page named petitioner among alleged CPP-NPA-NDF members.
- Related Killings of Red-Tagged Individuals
- Jose Reynaldo Porquia (shot April 30, 2020) and Zara R. Alvarez (shot August 17, 2020) appeared alongside petitioner in posters and tarpaulins.
- Other slain persons included Atty. Benjamin Ramos (Nov. 6, 2018) and Hon. Bernardino Patigas (Apr. 22, 2019).
- RTC Proceedings
- Petition for Writ of Amparo filed October 22, 2020 with attachments (Annexes A–M), seeking protective and production orders, and injunctions against red-tagging and retention of related dossiers.
- RTC Branch 24 Order of October 26, 2020 denied reliefs for lack of prima facie evidence of threats to petitioner’s life, liberty, or security.
Issues:
- Entitlement to Amparo Reliefs
- Whether petitioner sufficiently established threats to his life, liberty, or security to merit issuance of a writ of amparo.
- Procedural Regularity
- Whether the RTC erred in dismissing the petition without requiring respondent’s return and without conducting a summary hearing.
Ruling:
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Doctrine:
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