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Josie Castillo-Co vs. Robert Barbers 290 SCRA 717

GOVERNOR JOSIE CASTILLO-CO, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE ROBERT BARBERS, DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN JESUS GUERRERO, EMILIO GONZALES, III and CONGRESSMAN JUNIE CUA, respondents.

G.R. No. 129952 | 1998-06-16

R E S O L U T I O N

KAPUNAN, J:

Petitioner Governor Josie Castillo-Co of Quirino, through this special civil action for certiorari and prohibition, with prayer for temporary restraining order/writ of preliminary injunction, seeks to nullify the Order of the Deputy Ombudsman directing her preventive suspension.

On 27 June 1997, Quirino Congressman Junie Cua filed a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against Governor Castillo-Co and Provincial Engineer Virgilio Ringor. Congressman Cua alleged that in the course of its investigation in aid of legislation, the House of Representatives Committee on Good Government chaired by him...