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Granada et al vs. People et al.

AQUILINA B. GRANADA, CARLOS B. BAUTISTA, AND FELIPE PANCHO, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 186084] VENANCIO R. NAVA, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE JUSTICES MA. CRISTINA G. CORTEZ-ESTRADA, ROLAND B. JURADO, AND TERESITA V. DIAZ-BALDOS, AS MEMBERS OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN'S 5TH DIVISION, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 186272] JESUSA DELA CRUZ, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 186488] AQUILINA B. GRANADA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 186570] SUSANA B. CABAHUG, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SANDIGANBAYAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 184092 | 2017-02-22

SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
The Commission on Audit is the guardian of public funds with the mandate to review and audit public spending.[1] The Court generally sustains the decisions of administrative authorities like the Commission on Audit in recognition of the doctrine of separation of powers and their presumed knowledge and expertise of the laws they have been tasked to uphold.[2]

This resolves the consolidated Petitions for Review on Certiorari and Petition for Certiorari, which assail the Decision[3]dated August 1, 2008 and the Resolution[4] dated January 12, 2009 of the Sandiganbayan...