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Maria Remedios Argana, et al vs RP

MARIA REMEDIOS ARGANA, DONATA ALMENDRALA VDA. DE ARGANA, LUIS ARGANA, JR., PEREGRINO ARGANA, ESTATE OF GELACIO ARGANA, EUFROCINIO NOFUENTE, AMPARO ARGANA NOFUENTE, JUANITO ROGELIO, MILAGROS ARGANA ROGELIO, MARIA FELICIDAD ARGANA, MARIA DOROTEA ARGANA, REFEDOR SOUTH GOLD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Petitioners, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 147227 | 2004-11-19

D E C I S I O N



Tinga, J.:



Before the Court is a Petition for Certiorari assailing the Resolution dated April 11, 2000 and the Order dated February 22, 2001 of the Sandiganbayan, Third Division, in Civil Case No. 0026.[1]



On July 29, 1987, respondent Republic of the Philippines filed with the Sandiganbayan a Petition for Forfeiture of alleged ill-gotten assets and properties of the late Maximino A. Argana, who served as Mayor of the Municipality of Muntinlupa[2] from 1964 to 1967 and from 1972 until his death in 1985.



On October 28, 1998, the Sandiganbayan remanded the case to the Presidential Commission on Good Government...