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Sistoza v. Desierto

PEDRO G. SISTOZA, petitioner, vs. ANIANO DESIERTO in his capacity as Ombudsman, and ELISEO CO, respondents.

G.R. No. 144784 | 2002-09-03

D E C I S I O N 

BELLOSILLO, J.: 

There is no question on the need to ferret out and expel public officers whose acts make bureaucracy synonymous with graft in the public eye, and to eliminate systems of government acquisition procedures which covertly ease corrupt practices. But the remedy is not to indict and jail every person who happens to have signed a piece of document or had a hand in implementing routine government procurement, nor does the solution fester in the indiscriminate use of the conspiracy theory which may sweep into jail even the most innocent ones. To say the least, this response is excessive and would simply...