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Medina Vs. COA

LORNA A. MEDINA, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA), represented by the Audit Team of EUFROCINIA MAWAK, SUSAN PALLERNA, and MA. DOLORES TEPORA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 176478 | 2008-02-04

DECISION


Tinga, J.:

While highlighting the interplay between the powers of two constitutional offices, one mandated as the government monitor of public fund expenditures and the other as the sentinel against graft and corruption in government, this case resolves some questions about the extent of their powers.

This is a petition for review on certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure seeking the reversal of the Decision[2] and Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 89539. The Court of Appeals' decision affirmed the two joint orders issued by the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon finding...