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Macariola G. Bartolo and Violenda B. Sucro Vs. The Honorable Sandiganbayan, et al.

MACARIOLA S. BARTOLO and VIOLENDA B. SUCRO, Petitioners, versus THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, SECOND DIVISION, THE HONORABLE SECRETARY HERMOGENES EBDANE OF THE DEPARMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (“DPWH” FOR BREVITY), THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR (“OSP” FOR BREVITY), AND ANTONIO BALTAZAR, Respondents.

G.R. No. 172123 | 2009-04-16

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

The petition for certiorari assails the Resolution[1] dated October 12, 2005 of the Sandiganbayan, granting the motion of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to suspend pendente lite the petitioners and their co-accused in Criminal Case No. 27911, and its Resolution[2] dated March 2, 2006 denying the petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

On November 13, 2003, an Information[3] was filed against the petitioners and their co-accused for falsification of public documents, defined and penalized under Article 171(4)[4] of the Revised Penal Code. The Information...