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Presidential Commission vs. Office of the Ombudsman

PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RENATO D. TAYAG, ISMAEL M. REINOSO, GENEROSO TANSECO, MANUEL MORALES, RUBEN B. ANCHETA, GERONIMO Z. VELASCO, TROADIO T. QUIAZON, JR., FERNANDO MARAMAG, EDGARDO TORDESILLAS, ARTURO R. TANCO, JR., GERARDO SICAT, PANFILO O. DOMINGO, POTENCIANO ILUSORIO, MANUEL B. SYQUIO, RAFAEL M. ATAYDE, HONORIO POBLADOR, JR., GEORGE T. SCHOLEY,[1] TIRSO ANTIPORDA, JR., CARLOS L. INDUCTIVO, AND TEODORO VALENCIA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 193176 | 2016-02-24

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Assailed in this petition for certiorari[2] are the Resolution[3] dated July 28, 2006 and Order[4] dated June 9, 2010 rendered by the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) in OMB-C-C-05-0110-C, which dismissed the complaint for violation of Sections 3 (e)[5] and (g)[6] of Republic Act No. (RA) 3019, also known as the "Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act," for failure to establish probable cause against respondents.
 
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