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Office of the Ombudsman vs. Regalado

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, REPRESENTED BY OMBUDSMAN CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES, PETITIONER, VS. MARIA ROWENA REGALADO, RESPONDENT.

G.R. Nos. 208481-82 | 2018-02-07

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
 
"Yes, my dear, that's the system ng 
government . . . Ganito ang system, 
ano ako magmamalinis?"[1]
 
 
 
- Maria Rowena Regalado
Immigration Officer

Public officers who, in the course of performing their regulatory functions, brazenly extort money, incessantly haggle, bribe, knowingly use falsified copies of official issuances to justify extortion, threaten to withhold benefits and services, deny possession of official receipts to payors, profess undue influence over their colleagues, and unabashedly exclaim that extortion and bribery are...