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Presidential Commission on Good Government Vs. Sandiganbayan, et al.

PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, Petitioner, versus SANDIGANBAYAN (Second Division) and RODOLFO ARAMBULO (deceased), substituted by Ronald L. Arambulo, Respondents.

G.R. No. 157592 | 2008-10-17

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

It is ironic that one's overzealousness may, at times, be the mechanism of dereliction from the true mandate of the office.

This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure assailing the Resolutions[2] dated October 4, 2002 and March 13, 2003 rendered by the Sandiganbayan in Civil Case No. 0188 dismissing the Complaint[3] filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) against Rodolfo Arambulo for recovery of ill-gotten wealth.

The antecedents:

Piedras Petroleum Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1976. Listed incorporators were George Alba, Nestor...