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Sonia V. Seville Vs. Commission on Audit, Regional Office VI, Iloilo City

SONIA V. SEVILLE, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON AUDIT, Regional Office VI, Iloilo City, Respondent.

G.R. No. 177657 | 2012-11-20

EN BANC

DECISION

ABAD, J.:

This case provides what it takes to make a government official or employee liable for ghost projects.

The Facts and the Case

The Commission on Audit (COA) Regional Office VI administratively charged 11 officials and employee of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Unit  in Iloilo City, including petitioner Sonia V. Seville, an Assistant Regional  Director for Fisheries, before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas.

The complaint alleged that, as a result of a special audit1 of the Post Harvest Component of the Grains Production Enhancement Program of the DA,...