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SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA, PETITIONER, VS. BERSAMIN, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND ATTY. LEVITO D. BALIGOD, RESPONDENTS. [DISSENTING OPINION VELASCO, JR., J.]

SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA, PETITIONER, VS. BERSAMIN, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND ATTY. LEVITO D. BALIGOD, RESPONDENTS. [DISSENTING OPINION VELASCO, JR., J.]

G.R. Nos. 212140-41 | 2015-01-21

DISSENTING OPINION
 
VELASCO, JR., J.:
 
The majority has decided to dismiss the petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court filed by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada assailing and seeking to annul the Office of the Ombudsman’s Order dated March 27, 2014 in OMB-C-C-13-0313 and entitled “National Bureau of Investigation and Atty. Levito Baligod v. Jose ‘Jinggoy’ P. Ejercito Estrada, et al.”
 
I cannot find myself agreeing with my distinguished colleagues and so register my dissent.

The Antecedents
 
In OMB-C-C-13-0313, a preliminary investigation conducted on the complaint filed by the...