8/9/2019 99 Valmonte vs Belmonte

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MA. CARMEN G. AQUINO-SARMIENTO, petitioner, vs.MANUEL L. MORATO (in his capacit as Chair!an o" theMTRC#$ an% the MO&IE ' TELE&ISION RE&IE AN)CLASSI*ICATION #OAR), respon%ents.Aquino Vs Morato

FACTS : In February 1989, petitioner, herself a member of responent Mo!ie anTele!ision "e!ie# an Classi$%ation &oar 'MT"C&(, #rote its re%ors o)%errequestin* that she be allo#e to e+amine the boars re%ors pertainin* to the!otin* slips a%%omplishe by the ini!iual boar members after a re!ie# of themo!ies an tele!ision prou%tions- It is on the basis of sai slips that $lms are eitherbanne, %ut or %lassi$e a%%orin*ly- .etitioners request #as e!entually enie byresponent Morato on the *roun that #hene!er the members of the boar sit in

/u*ment o!er a $lm, their e%isions as re0e%te in the ini!iual !otin* slipspartae the nature of %ons%ien%e !otes an as su%h, are purely an %ompletelypri!ate an personal 2n February 34, 1989, responent Morato %alle an e+e%uti!e

meetin* of the MT"C& to is%uss, amon* others, the issue raise by petitioner- Insai meetin*, se!enteen '14( members of the boar !ote to e%lare theirini!iual !otin* re%ors as %lassi$e o%uments #hi%h renere the sameina%%essible to the publi% #ithout %learan%e from the %hairman- Thereafter,responent Morato enie petitioners request to e+amine the !otin* slips-5o#e!er, it #as only mu%h later, i-e-, on 6uly 34, 1989, that responent &oarissue "esolution 7o- 189 #hi%h e%lare as %on$ential, pri!ate an personal,the e%ision of the re!ie#in* %ommittee an the !otin* slips of the members-

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