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Benjamin "Kokoy" Romualdez vs The Hon Sandiganbayan (First Division) and PEOPLE

BENJAMIN “Kokoy” ROMUALDEZ, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN (First Division) and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES represented by SPECIAL PROSECUTION OFFICER II EVELYN TAGOBA LUCERO, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 143618-41 | 2002-07-30

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Previous to this case, petitioner instituted a petition docketed as G.R. No. 105248, entitled, "Benjamin (Kokoy) Romualdez, Petitioner, versus Sandiganbayan (First Division) and Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), Respondents."[1] He assailed therein, among others, the validity of twenty-four informations which the PCGG filed against him for violation of Section 7 of Republic Act No. 3019, more specifically for failure to file his statements of assets and liabilities covering the years 1962 to 1985 when he was in the government service. The cases were filed with the Sandiganbayan as...