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Marcelo Soriano vs Intermediate Appellate Court eta

MARCELO SORIANO, petitioner, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, HON. AUXENCIO DACUYCUY, and HON. FRANCISCO TANTUICO, JR. respondents.

G.R. No. 72383 | 1988-11-09

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

Where is the proper venue of a libel case for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction on a trial court when the complainant is a public officer?

On complaint of private respondent Francisco S. Tantuico, Jr. the then Chairman of the Commission on Audit (COA), an information for libel was filed against petitioner Marcelo Soriano and six (8) others in connection with press releases and articles imputing to Tantuico the tampering by COA personnel of election returns in the May 14, 1984 Batasan elections at his residence in Tacloban City and in the COA Regional Office in Palo, Leyte. This election offense...