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The Presidential Ad Hoc Fact Finding Committee on Behest Loans, PCGG vs Desierto

THE PRESIDENTIAL AD-HOC FACT FINDING COMMITTEE ON BEHEST LOANS, PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT (PCGG), petitioner, vs. THE HON. OMBUDSMAN ANIANO DESIERTO, CONCERNED PNB DIRECTORS, MANUEL NIETO, JR., JOSE MARIA OZAMIS, CARLOS FORTICH, RODOLFO CUENCA, JOSE AFRICA (deceased), JULIO OZAMIS AND MIGUEL V. GONZALES, respondents.

G.R. No. 137777 | 2001-10-02

D E C I S I O N 

DE LEON, JR., J.: 

Before us is a special civil action for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court seeking to nullify the Resolution[1] dated August 20, 1998 of the public respondent, Ombudsman Aniano Desierto, dismissing the complaint against the private respondents for violation of Section 3, paragraphs (e) and (g), of Republic Act No. 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and the Order[2] dated November 23, 1998 denying the motion for reconsideration. 

The facts, as culled from the record are as follows: 

On October 8, 1992 the then President Fidel V. Ramos issued...