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Republic vs Institute for Social Concern, et al

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL CONCERN, FELIPE SUZARA and RAMON GARCIA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 156306 | 2005-01-28



THIRD DIVISION
DECISION

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

In issue in the present Petition for Review on Certiorari assailing the Court of Appeals decision[1] of November 29, 2002 which modified the trial court’s decision is whether defendant appellant-respondent Felipe Suzara can be made solidarily liable, along with his co-respondents Institute for Social Concern (ISC) and its Executive Director Ramon Garcia.

On September 28, 1989, the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, through the Office of the President (the Republic), and the ISC, represented by its Executive Director Ramon Garcia, entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)[2] wherein...