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Office of the Ombudsman Vs. Joel S. Samaniego

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Petitioner, versus JOEL S. SAMANIEGO,[1] Respondent.

G.R. No. 175573 | 2008-09-11

D E C I S I O N


CORONA, J.:

This is a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the resolutions[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated September 11, 2006 and November 21, 2006 in CA-G.R. SP No. 89999 captioned Joel S. Samaniego v. Commission on Audit, Provincial Auditor's Office of Albay, Legaspi City, Albay.

The facts follow.

Respondent Joel S. Samaniego was the City Treasurer of Ligao City, Albay. On separate dates, the Commission on Audit (COA) through its Regional Cluster Director Atty. Francisco R. Velasco[3] filed two administrative complaints against Samaniego, docketed as OMB-L-A-03-1060-K[4] and...