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Ching vs. Bonachita-Ricablanca [CONCURRING OPINION, PERLAS-BERNABE, J.]

ERNESTO L. CHING, PETITIONER, VS. CARMELITA S. BONACHITA-RICABLANCA, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 244828 | 2020-10-12

CONCURRING OPINION
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
I concur. Having been re-elected by the same body politic prior to the abandonment of the condonation doctrine on April 12, 2016.[1] respondent Carmelita S. Bonachita-Ricablanca (Ricablanca) may validly invoke the same to absolve her of any administrative liability arising from the alleged infractions committed during her previous term.
 
To recount, in Carpio Morales v. Court of Appeals[2] (Carpio Morales), the Court traced the origin of the condonation doctrine and found that it was merely a "jurisprudential creation"[3] without any constitutional...