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Senator Estrada vs. Office of the Ombudsman [CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION, VELASCO, JR., J.]

SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, HON. SANDIGANBAYAN, FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, AND ATTY. LEVITO D. BALIGOD, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NOS. 213473-74] JOHN RAYMUND DE ASIS, PETITIONER, VS. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND SANDIGANBAYAN, FIFTH DIVISION, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NOS. 213538-39] JANET LIM NAPOLES, PETITIONER, VS. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND SANDIGANBAYAN, FIFTH DIVISION, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 212761-62 | 2018-07-31

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION

VELASCO, JR., J.:


I join with the majority insofar as it sustained the finding of probable cause against petitioner John Raymund De Asis (De Asis).

I, however, register my dissent from the majority's view that there is probable cause to indict petitioner Senator Jose "Jinggoy" P. Ejercito Estrada (Sen. Estrada).

 
Factual Antecedents

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Field Investigation Office (FIO) of the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) filed two separate complaints against petitioners for their alleged participation in the so-called Priority Development Assistance...