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Alfonso T. Yuchengco, et al. vs. The Honorable Sandiganbayan, et al. [SEPARATE DISSENTING OPINION SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ]

ALFONSO T. YUCHENGCO AND Y REALTY CORPORATION, Petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, FOURTH DIVISION, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, ESTATE OF FERDINAND E. MARCOS, IMELDA R. MARCOS, PRIME HOLDINGS, INC., ESTATE OF RAMON U. COJUANGCO, represented by IMELDA O. COJUANGCO, and IMELDA O. COJUANGCO, Respondents. [SEPARATE DISSENTING OPINION SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ]

G.R. No. 153459 / 153207 / 150367 / 149802 / 150320 | 2006-01-20

SEPARATE DISSENTING OPINION 

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.: 

I join Mr. Justice Cancio C. Garcia in his well-crafted Dissent in G.R. No. 153459 denying the Republic's petition and affirming respondent Sandiganbayan's Decision. 

In civil suits for forfeiture before the Sandiganbayan, like the instant case, the Republic must meet the burden of proof and establish with a preponderance of evidence that the property in question - 

". . . are assets and properties purportedly pertaining to former President Ferdinand E. Marcos and/or his wife Mrs. Imelda Romualdez Marcos, their close relatives, subordinates, business associates,...