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Monsanto vs. Factoran Jr. 170 SCRA 190

SALVACION A. MONSANTO, petitioner, vs. FULGENCIO S. FACTORAN, JR., respondent.

G.R. No. 78239 | 1989-02-09

D E C I S I O N

FERNAN, C.J.:

The principal question raised in this petition for review is whether or not a public officer, who has been granted an absolute pardon by the Chief Executive, is entitled to reinstatement to her former position without need of a new appointment.

In a decision rendered on March 25, 1983, the Sandiganbayan convicted petitioner Salvacion A. Monsanto (then assistant treasurer of Calbayog City) and three other accused, of the complex crime of estafa thru falsification of public documents and sentenced them to imprisonment of four (4) years, two (2) months and one (1) day of prision correccional as minimum, to ten (10)...