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THE PRESIDENTIAL AD HOC FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE ON BEHEST LOANS, represented by ORLANDO SALVADOR, Consultant, Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Presidential Ad Hoc Fact Finding Committee on Behest Loans (FFCBL) and DANILO R.V. DANIEL, TWG Coordinator, FFCBL vs. THE HONORABLE OMBUDSMAN ANIANO DESIERTO, ALICIA LL. REYES, VERDEN C. DANGILAN, CONSUELO R. GABOYA, MARIANO U. ORTEGA, PELAGIO M. VILLEGAS, SR.,* TRINIDAD VILLEGAS, JOSE MONTELIBANO

THE PRESIDENTIAL AD HOC FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE ON BEHEST LOANS, represented by ORLANDO SALVADOR, Consultant, Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Presidential Ad Hoc Fact Finding Committee on Behest Loans (FFCBL) and DANILO R.V. DANIEL, TWG Coordinator, FFCBL, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE OMBUDSMAN ANIANO DESIERTO, ALICIA LL. REYES, VERDEN C. DANGILAN, CONSUELO R. GABOYA, MARIANO U. ORTEGA, PELAGIO M. VILLEGAS, SR.,* TRINIDAD VILLEGAS, JOSE MONTELIBANO, respondents.

G.R. No. 136192 | 2001-08-14

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The Question Presented

May loan transactions entered into in 1968 be the basis of criminal liability considering that the complaint was filed twenty nine (29) years after the commission of the offense?

The Case

What is before the Court for consideration is a special civil action for certiorari[1] to nullify the orders of the Ombudsman[2] dismissing the complaint against respondents for violation of Republic Act No. 3019, Section 3 (e) and (g).

The Facts

On October 8, 1992, President Fidel V. Ramos issued Administrative Order No. 13, creating the Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans,...