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Crebello vs. Office of the Ombudsman

DOMINGO CREBELLO, PETITIONER, V. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN AND TIMOTEO T. CAPOQUIAN, JR., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 232325 | 2019-04-10

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, C.J.:
 
A decision absolving a respondent elective public official rendered in an administrative case by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB), being final and unappealable pursuant to the rules of the OMB, may still be assailed by petition for certiorari in the Court of Appeals (CA).
 
The abandonment of the doctrine of condonation took effect on April 12, 2016, when the Supreme Court denied with finality the OMB's motion for reconsideration in Morales v. Court of Appeals.[1] However, the application by the OMB of the doctrine of condonation prior to its abandonment without the...