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Fernando C. Parma Jr. Vs. The Office fo the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon, et al.

FERNANDO C. PARMA, JR., Petitioner, versus THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN FOR LUZON and MAYOR LOURDES SE?AR, Respondents.

G.R. No. 171500 | 2008-04-30

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

In this Petition for Certiorari[1] under Rule 65, petitioner Fernando C. Parma, Jr. assails and seeks to nullify the Resolution[2] dated August 17, 2005 of the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon (Ombudsman) in OMB-L-C-05-0296-C finding probable cause to charge him with falsification of official document under paragraph 1 of Article 171, Revised Penal Code. Also assailed is the Ombudsman's Joint Order[3] of November 30, 2005, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

At times material to this case, Parma was a councilor of the municipality of Magarao, Camarines Sur, while private respondent...