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Kara-an vs Vasquez

REMBERTO C. KARA-AN, Petitioner, versus OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, HON. CONRADO M. VASQUEZ, HON. ABELARDO L. APORTADERA, JR., HON. RAUL ARNAU, HON. ROLINE M. GINEZ-JABALDE, as aPeopleroving recommending officers and author of the ORDER assailed herein; ROBERTO F. DE OCAMPO, ALFREDO C. ANTONIO, FAROUK A. CARPIZO, BERNICE SYQUIA, IBRAHIM MAMAO, REYNALDO PALMIERY, and GERARDO TARUC as former Chairman and incumbent members, respectively, of the Philippine Amanah Bank (now the Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines and briefly referred to herein as Islamic Bank), Respondents.

G.R. No. 119990 | 2004-06-21

DECISION


CARPIO, J.:



The Case





This petition for review on certiorari[1] seeks to reverse the Ombudsman's Resolution dated 27 January 1995 dismissing petitioner Remberto C. Kara-an's ("petitioner") complaint for violation of Republic Act No. 3019[2] ("RA 3019") and the Order dated 17 April 1995 denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration in OMB-0-94-0705.




The Antecedents


On 14 February 1994, petitioner wrote then Senator Ernesto Maceda imputing certain criminal acts to "the present number and membership" or "the clique of six" in the Board of Directors of the Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines...