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HDMF vs. Sagun [SEPARATE OPINION, PERLAS-BERNABE, J.]

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF) PAG-IBIG FUND, PETITIONER, VS. CHRISTINA SAGUN, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 205780] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, REP. BY SEC. LEILA DE LIMA, STATE PROSECUTOR THEODORE M. VILLANUEVA, AND PROSECUTOR GENERAL CLARO A. ARELLANO, AND THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI), PETITIONERS, VS. CHRISTINA SAGUN, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 208744] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PETITIONER, VS. DELFIN S. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 209424] HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF), PETITIONER, VS. GLOBE ASIATIQUE REALTY HOLDINGS CORPORATION, DELFIN S. LEE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION, AND TESSIE G. WANG, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 209446] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. ALEX M. ALVAREZ, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 209489] HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, PETITIONER, VS. ATTY. ALEX M. ALVAREZ RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 209852] HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, (HDMF), PETITIONER, VS. DELFIN S. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 210095] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PETITIONER, VS. DELFIN S. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 210143] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES PETITIONER, VS. DELFIN S. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 228452] HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF), PETITIONER, VS. DEXTER L. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 228730] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. DEXTER L. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 230680] CRISTINA SALAGAN, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF), RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 205698 | 2018-07-31

SEPARATE OPINION

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
I. G.R. Nos. 205698, 205780, 209446, 209489, 209852, 210143, 228452, 228730, and 230680.

These petitions commonly relate to the determination of probable cause against herein respondents Delfin S. Lee (Delfin Lee), Dexter L. Lee (Dexter Lee), Christina Sagun (Sagun), Cristina Salagan (Salagan), and Atty. Alex M. Alvarez (Alvarez; collectively respondents). In particular:

(a) The petitions in G.R. Nos. 205698[1] and 205780[2] were respectively filed by petitioners, the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF; also known as Pag-IBIG) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), to assail the...