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Rebecco E. Panlilio, Et Al. Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

REBECCO E. PANLILIO and TRINIDAD DIAZ-ENRIQUEZ, petitioners, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN, Second Division, and PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, respondents.

G.R. No. 92276 | 1992-06-26

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

This petition for certiorari and prohibition questions the authority of respondent Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) to investigate and/or reinvestigate ill-gotten wealth cases in view of the enactment of the Republic Act No. 6770, otherwise known as the Ombudsman Act of 1989, and, assuming it has such authority, PCGG's lack of the "cold neutrality of an impartial judge" in conducting the reinvestigation of petitioners' case.

The facts are as follows: On August 10, 1989, the PCGG filed with respondent Sandiganbayan an information against petitioners Rebecco E. Panlilio and Trinidad...