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    Petitioner Navarro applied for a permit to hold an assembly in Plaza Miranda but the request was denied by Mayor Villegas, who offered Sunken Garden as an alternative venue due to concerns that assemblies in Plaza Miranda could lead to public disorder and violence. The court ruled that the denial did not violate freedom of assembly, as civil liberties require an orderly society, and Mayor Villegas offered a reasonable alternative instead of an outright refusal.

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    Petitioner Navarro applied for a permit to hold an assembly in Plaza Miranda but the request was denied by Mayor Villegas, who offered Sunken Garden as an alternative venue due to concerns that assemblies in Plaza Miranda could lead to public disorder and violence. The court ruled that the denial did not violate freedom of assembly, as civil liberties require an orderly society, and Mayor Villegas offered a reasonable alternative instead of an outright refusal.

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    Petitioner Navarro applied for a permit to hold an assembly in Plaza Miranda but the request was denied by Mayor Villegas, who offered Sunken Garden as an alternative venue due to concerns that assemblies in Plaza Miranda could lead to public disorder and violence. The court ruled that the denial did not violate freedom of assembly, as civil liberties require an orderly society, and Mayor Villegas offered a reasonable alternative instead of an outright refusal.

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    17 Navarro Vs Villegas

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    Petitioner Navarro applied for a permit to hold an assembly in Plaza Miranda but the request was denied by Mayor Villegas, who offered Sunken Garden as an alternative venue due to concerns that assemblies in Plaza Miranda could lead to public disorder and violence. The court ruled that the denial did not violate freedom of assembly, as civil liberties require an orderly society, and Mayor Villegas offered a reasonable alternative instead of an outright refusal.

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    G.R. No.

    L-31687 February 26, 1970


    NAVARRO, petitioner,
    vs.
    CITY MAYOR ANTONIO J. VILLEGAS, respondent.

    RESOLUTION

    FACTS:

    Petitioner Navarro applied for a permit to conduct an assembly in Plaza Miranda.

    Respondent Mayor Villegas expressly stated his willingness to grant permits for peaceful assemblies at
    Plaza Miranda during weekends and holidays when they could not cause unnecessary disturbance of the
    normal activities of the community.

    But instead of granting the request, Mayor Villegas offered Sunken Garden as an alternative venue for the
    reason that rallies in Plaza Miranda posses a clear and imminent danger of public disorders, breaches of
    the peace, criminal acts and even blood shed as aftermath of the assembly.

    ISSUE
    WoN Mayor Villegas’s denial of the permit to hold assembly violates Freedom of Expression.

    RULING:

    No, the denial of the permit does not violate freedom of assembly.

    The court held that civil rights and liberties can exist and be preserved only in an order society and that
    the petitioner has failed to show a clear specific legal duty on the part of respondent Mayor to grant their
    application for permit unconditionally;

    In his concurring opinion, Justice Villamor stated that freedom of assembly is not denied; but this right is
    neither unlimited nor absolute. It is not correct to say that the Mayor refused to grant the permit applied
    for; he offered an alternative which is not unreasonable.

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