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Saturnina Galman, et al. Vs. Manuel Pamaran, et al. [SEPARATE OPINIONS]

SATURNINA GALMAN AND REYNALDO GALMAN, petitioners vs. THE HONORABLE PRESIDING JUSTICE MANUEL PAMARAN AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICES AUGUSTO AMORES AND BIENVENIDO VERA CRUZ OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN, THE HONORABLE BERNARDO FERNANDEZ, TANODBAYAN, GENERAL FABIAN C. VER, MAJOR GENERAL PROSPERO OLIVAS, SGT. PABLO MARTINEZ, SGT. TOMAS FERNANDEZ, SGT. LEONARDO MOJICA, SGT. PEPITO TORIO, SGT. PROSPERO BONA AND AIC ANICETO ACUPIDO, respondents. [SEPARATE OPINIONS]

G.R. Nos. 71208-09 | 1985-08-30

Separate Opinions 

MAKASIAR, C.J., concurring:

To admit private respondents' testimonies and evidence before the Fact-Finding Board (FFB) against them in the criminal prosecution pending before the Sandiganbayan, would violate their constitutional or human rights -the right to procedural due process, the right to remain silent, and the right against self-incrimination. 

That their testimonies and other evidence they submitted before the FFB in these criminal cases are incriminatory, is confirmed by the very fact that such testimonies and evidence were the very bases of the majority report of the FFB recommending the prosecution of...