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PCGG vs. Sandiganbayan, Lucio Tan, et al [ DISSENTING OPINION, CARPRIO MORALES, J. ]

PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT (PCGG), Petitioner, versus SANDIGANBAYAN (Fifth Division), LUCIO C. TAN, CARMEN KHAO TAN, FLORENCIO T. SANTOS, NATIVIDAD P. SANTOS, DOMINGO CHUA, TAN HUI NEE, MARIANO TAN ENG LIAN, ESTATE OF BENITO TAN KEE HIONG (represented by TARCIANA C. TAN), FLORENCIO N. SANTOS, JR., HARRY C. TAN, TAN ENG CHAN, CHUNG POE KEE, MARIANO KHOO, MANUEL KHOO, MIGUEL KHOO, JAIME KHOO, ELIZABETH KHOO, CELSO RANOLA, WILLIAM T. WONG, ERNESTO B. LIM, BENJAMIN T. ALBACITA, WILLY CO, ALLIED BANKING CORP., ALLIED LEASING AND FINANCE CORPORATION, ASIA BREWERY, INC., BASIC HOLDINGS CORP., FOREMOST FARMS, INC., FORTUNE TOBACCO CORP., GRANSPAN DEVELOPMENT CORP., HIMMEL INDUSTRIES, IRIS HOLDINGS AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., JEWEL HOLDINGS, INC., MANUFACTURING SERVICES AND TRADE CORP., MARANAW HOTELS & RESORT CORP., NORTHERN TOBACCO REDRYING PLANT, PROGRESSIVE FARMS, INC., SHAREHOLDINGS, INC., SIPALAY TRADING CORP., VIRGO HOLDINGS & DEVELOPMENT CORP., and ATTY. ESTELITO P. MENDOZA, Respondents.

G.R. Nos. 151809-12 | 2005-04-12

DISSENTING OPINION


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

While I concur in the scholarly and ably-written dissent of Justice Romeo J. Callejo, Sr., I feel compelled to write a separate dissenting opinion to reflect the additional reasons behind my position. 

Justices Artemio V. Panganiban and Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez are of the opinion that the petition can be dismissed on procedural grounds, they contending that the Presidential Commission on Government (PCGG) is precluded from filing a motion to disqualify Atty. Estelito P. Mendoza as counsel in Civil Case Nos. 0096 since the Sandiganbayan (Second Division) had already denied PCGG's motion to...