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Bernas died on Saturday, March 6, at the Ateneo Jesuit Residence. He was 88.
The prelate was one of the framers of the 1987 Constitution. He was a former dean of the Ateneo De Manila Law School and Ateneo De Manila University president from 1984 to 1993.
In a Facebook post, the vice president described Bernas as a “well-respected” constitutionalist, also noting he became Ateneo president during the “most crucial years of our nation’s history.”
Robredo shared that the prelate hailed from her home province of Camarines Sur, and was president of the Board of Saligan, where she had worked for a decade before she entered politics.
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