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Tomas H. Cosep Vs. PEOPLE, et al.

TOMAS H. COSEP, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and SANDIGANBAYAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 110353 | 1998-05-21

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J:

Petitioner, Tomas Cosep, was the Municipal Planning and Development Coordination Officer of Olutanga, Zamboanga del Sur. In 1987, the Municipality decided to construct an artesian well for one of its localities. Hence, it secured the services of private complainant Angelino E. Alegre to undertake the said project, under a "pakyaw" arrangement for the contract price of P5,000.00 payable after completion of the project. Petitioner, being the Planning Officer of the Municipality, monitored the progress of the construction.

After the project was finished, petitioner secured the amount of P5,000.00 from the...