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Saunar vs. Executive Secretary Ermita

CARLOS R. SAUNAR, PETITIONER, V. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY EDUARDO R. ERMITA AND CONSTANCIA P. DE GUZMAN, CHAIRPERSON OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-GRAFT COMMISSION, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 186502 | 2017-12-13

D E C I S I O N
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
This petition for review on certiorari seeks to reverse and set aside the 20 October 2008 Decision[1] and the 17 February 2009 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 100157 which affirmed the 19 January 2007 decision[3] of the Office of the President (OP) dismissing petitioner Carlos R. Saunar (Saunar) from government service.
 
THE FACTS
 
Saunar was a former Regional Director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), which he joined as an agent in 1988. Through the years, he rose from the ranks and eventually became the Chief of the Anti-Graft...