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PCGG Chairman Magdangal B. Elma and Presidential Commission on Good Government Vs. Reiner Jacobi, Crispin T. Reyes, et al.

PCGG CHAIRMAN MAGDANGAL B. ELMA and PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT,Petitioners, versus REINER JACOBI, CRISPIN REYES, MA. MERCEDITAS N. GUTIERREZ, in her capacity as Undersecretary of the Department of Justice, Respondents.

G.R. No. 155996 | 2012-06-27

SECOND DIVISION


D E C I S I O N

BRION, J.:

 

Before the Court is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) and its former Chairman Magdangal Elma[1](petitioners) questioning the resolutions, dated July 17, 2002[2] and September 20, 2002,[3] of then Undersecretary of Justice Ma. Merceditas N. Gutierrez. The assailed resolutions dismissed the petitioners’ petition for review, denied the petitioners’ motion for reconsideration and ultimately ruled that no probable cause for falsification and use of falsified document existed against Atty. Crispin Reyes and...