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The Presidential Ad-Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans (FFCBL) Vs. Hon. Ombudsman Aniano A. Desierto, et al.

THE PRESIDENTIAL AD-HOC FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE ON BEHEST LOANS (FFCBL), represented by ORLANDO L. SALVADOR, Consultant, Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Presidential Ad-Hoc FFCBL, and DANILO R. V. DANIEL, TWG Coordinator, FFCBL, Petitioners, versus HON. OMBUDSMAN ANIANO A. DESIERTO, RAFAEL SISON, JOSE DE OCAMPO, JOSE R. TENGCO, ALICE LL. REYES, and RODOLFO D. MANALO, Public Respondents. / ANGEL G. ROMUALDEZ, JOSE G. ROMUALDEZ, and JOSE MANUEL ROMUALDEZ, Private Respondents.

G.R. No. 136225 | 2008-04-22

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REYES, R.T., J.:

ATTEMPTS to recover ill-gotten wealth acquired during the Marcos era are oft-thwarted for manifold reasons. Petitioner comes to Us in an effort to reinstate one such attempt for redress of the nation's grievance over

the loss of funds possibly ill-gotten under the guise of a behest loan.

The present certiorari and mandamus petition seeks to nullify the Resolution[1] of the Ombudsman in OMB Case No. 0-96-0057 dismissing petitioner's complaint against private respondents Angel, Jose and Jose Manuel, all surnamed Romualdez, for violation of Section 3(e) and (g) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 3019, otherwise...