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Republic Of The Phil. Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN (THIRD DIVISION) and MACARIO ASISTIO, JR., respondents. Rodolfo U. Jimenez Law Office for private respondent.

G.R. No. 90529 | 1991-08-16

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

With the renascence of democratic space and the culmination in court of a preponderant number of ill-gotten wealth cases, this Court is tasked again with another novel issue involving the determination of whether it is the Office of the Ombudsman or the Office of the Solicitor General which has the authority to file a petition for forfeiture of unlawfully acquired wealth as provided for in Republic Act No. 1379. 1

The Republic, through the Solicitor General, filed the instant petition for review on certiorari seeking to annul and set aside the resolution 2 of respondent Sandiganbayan, promulgated on...