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Pangilinan vs. Maglaya etc. [DISSENTING OPINION, PUNO, J.]

TEODORO B. PANGILINAN, PETITIONER, VS. GUILLERMO T. MAGLAYA, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 104216 | 1993-10-20

DISSENTING OPINION
 
PUNO, J.:
 
The ponencia lucidly states the facts. Petitioner joined the government service in 1966 as an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation. He served the NBI for about twenty (20) years and slowly rose to the position of Supervising Agent. After the EDSA revolution, he was appointed as Executive Director of the Land Transportation Office on July 8, 1987, by then Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo. In addition, he was designated as its Resident Ombudsman.
 
It was when petitioner seriously took his job as Resident Ombudsman that he got into problems. He unearthed corruptions...