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Camsol et al. vs. Sandigbayan (7th Div.) et al.

APOLINARIO T. CAMSOL, ANECITA C. SUYAT, MARCELINO ENDI, AND ASANO E. ABAN, PETITIONERS, VS. SEVENTH DIVISION OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN, HEADED BY ITS CHAIRPERSON, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE MA. THERESA DOLORES C. GOMEZ-ESTEOSTA, AND DIVISION MEMBER – ASSOCIATE JUSTICE GEORGINA D. HIDALGO AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICE ZALDY V. TRESPESES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 242892 | 2022-06-07

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
ZALAMEDA, J.:
 
The inordinate and unexplained delay of approximately six years from the filing of the complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman to the filing of the Information with the Sandiganbayan amounts to a violation of the right to speedy disposition of cases and warrants the dismissal of this case.
 
The Case

This is a Petition for Certiorari, Prohibition, and Mandamus with Urgent Prayer for the Issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Prohibitory Injunction[1] seeking to annul and set aside the Minute Resolution[2] dated 17 September 2018 and the...