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Patdu, Jr. vs. Carpio-Morales [CONCURRING OPINION, PERLAS BERNABE, J.:]

ILDEFONSO TV PATDU, JR., REBECCA S. CACATIAN, AND GERONIMO V. QUINTOS, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. CONCHITA CARPIO-MORALES, IN HER CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE-OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 230171 | 2021-09-27

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

I concur. The petition for certiorari filed by petitioners Ildefonso T. Patdu, Jr., Rebecca S. Cacatian, and Geronimo V. Quintos (petitioners) before the Court of Appeals (CA) assailing the Office of the Ombudsman's (Ombudsman) finding of probable cause against them was correctly dismissed since it was filed before the wrong court. Petitioners should have instead filed their certiorari petition before the Supreme Court. I note that while the supervening filing of the Informations before the Sandiganbayan may have rendered the issue moot,[1] nonetheless, ruling on such issue remains...