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Statement of CHR Center for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights on the decision of the Court of Appeals declaring Mandaluyong City’s riding-in-tandem ordinances unconstitutional

The Commission welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeals in declaring unconstitutional the Mandaluyong Ordinance prohibiting riding in tandem. In Garcia vs. Drilon (Garcia vs. Drilon, G.R. 179267, June 25, 2013. 699 SCRA 352), when the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children, the Court’s decision relied on […]