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Cojuangco, Jr. vs. Sandiganbayan [SEPARATE OPINION, CONCURRING, VITUG, J.]

EDUARDO M. COJUANGCO, JR., petitioner vs. SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION) and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 134307 | 1998-12-21

CONCURRING OPINION

VITUG, J.:

The pivotal issue proferred in the Petition for Prohibition - seeking (a) the dismissal of Criminal Case No. 22018 against petitioner pending with the Sandiganbayan and (b) to prevent the latter from further proceeding with case - is the claim made by petitioner of an impairment of his constitutional right to the speedy disposition of his case. I share the view reached by Mr. Justice Leonardo A. Quisumbing that the petition should be denied. A breach of the right of an accused to the speedy disposition of his case may truly have consequential effects but it is not enough that there be some procrastination in the...