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Derick D. Wooden vs. Civil Service Commission, et al. [DISSENTING OPINION, CARPIO MORALES, J.]

DERICK D. WOODEN, Petitioner, vs. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, CORAZON ALMA G. DE LEON, THELMA P. GAMINDE and JOSE F. ERESTAIN, JR., Respondents. [DISSENTING OPINION, CARPIO MORALES, J.]

G.R. No. 152884(OK) | 2005-09-30

DISSENTING OPINION

CARPIO MORALES, J.:


I am constrained to register my dissent to the majority opinion penned by my esteemed colleague Madame Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez, exonerating petitioner Derick D. Wooden of the charges proffered against him by the Civil Service Commission (CSC), for dishonesty through falsification of public document, arising from entries he made in his application for the Professional Board Examinations for Teachers (PBET) and his June 6, 1997 Personal Data Sheet (PDS). 

The facts are not disputed:

Petitioner applied to join the March 1991 graduation rites for the degree of Bachelor of Secondary Education...