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Republic Of The Phil. Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, (represented by the Presidential Commission on Good Government), petitioners, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN, Second Division, and REBECCO PANLILIO, respondents.

G.R. No. 89425 | 1992-02-25

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

In the special civil action of certiorari and prohibition at bar, this Court is asked "to categorically draw the distinctions between i) the Sandiganbayan's exclusive jurisdiction to determine the judicial question of ownership over sequestered properties and ii) the incidents of the exercise by the PCGG of its purely administrative and executive functions as conservator of sequestered properties." It is theorized "that EOs [Executive Orders] 1, 2, 14 and 14-A have never been intended to convert the Sandiganbayan into a super-commission, reviewer, supervisor, much less an overseer of the PCGG" and give it...