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The Jesuit priest and lawyer died on March 6 at the age of 88. The beloved educator was among those who crafted the country’s 1987 Constitution.
“We express our condolences to the friends and colleagues of Father Joaquin Bernas who died early morning today, March 6, 2021,” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in statement Saturday.
“Father Bernas was the Dean Emeritus of the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law who left a legacy of legal excellence and passion for humanity and the rule of law to the nation,” he said.
Roque also described Bernas as “a great Jesuit educator” after mentoring generations of Filipino students, lawyers, legal academics and researchers.
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