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Police Director General Purisima vs. Hon. Morales

POLICE DIRECTOR GENERAL ALAN LA MADRID PURISIMA, PETITIONER, VS. HON. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 219501 | 2017-07-26

D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari[1] filed by petitioner former Police Director General Alan La Madrid Purisima (Purisima), assailing the Decision[2] dated July 29, 2015 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 138296 and CA-G.R. SP No. 138722, which affirmed the Order[3] dated December 3, 2014 issued by respondent Conchita Carpio Morales, in her capacity as the Ombudsman, preventively suspending Purisima during the pendency of the consolidated cases against him before the Office of the Ombudsman.
 
The Facts

In 2011,[4] the Philippine National Police (PNP) entered...