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PRESIDENTIAL AD HOC FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE ON BEHEST LOANS represented by MAGTANGGOL C. GUNIGUNDO, PCGG Chairman & ORLANDO L. SALVADOR, as Consultant, Technical Working Group of the Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans vs. HON. ANIANO A. DESIERTO, as Ombudsman, P.O. DOMINGO, MARIO ORTIZ & ALEJANDRO CRUZ, Philippine National Bank Officers, and ENRIQUE T. GALAN, SEBASTIAN C. COSCOLLUELA, ARSENIO L. DEL ROSARIO & JOSE HAUTEA, Officers of Calinog-Lambunao Sugar Mills, Inc.

PRESIDENTIAL AD HOC FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE ON BEHEST LOANS represented by MAGTANGGOL C. GUNIGUNDO, PCGG Chairman & ORLANDO L. SALVADOR, as Consultant, Technical Working Group of the Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans, petitioner, vs. HON. ANIANO A. DESIERTO, as Ombudsman, P.O. DOMINGO, MARIO ORTIZ & ALEJANDRO CRUZ, Philippine National Bank Officers, and ENRIQUE T. GALAN, SEBASTIAN C. COSCOLLUELA, ARSENIO L. DEL ROSARIO & JOSE HAUTEA, Officers of Calinog-Lambunao Sugar Mills, Inc., respondents.

G.R. No. 130817 | 2001-08-22

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The Case

The case before the Court is a special civil action for certiorari to annul and set aside the resolution of the Ombudsman[1] dismissing the complaint against respondents and to order the Ombudsman to file the necessary information for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act against them.[2]

The Facts

Atty. Orlando Salvador was PCGG Consultant on detail with the Presidential Ad Hoc Committee on Behest Loans.[3] Likewise, he was the coordinator of the Technical Working Group (TWG) composed of officers and employees of different Government Financing Institutions (GFI).[4]

Among the...