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Ferdinand S. Topacio Vs. Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan Gregory Santos Ong and the Office of the Solicitor General

FERDINAND S. TOPACIO, Petitioner, versus ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN GREGORY SANTOS ONG and THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, Respondents.

G.R. No. 179895 | 2008-12-18

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Ferdinand Topacio (petitioner) via the present petition for certiorari and prohibition seeks, in the main, to prevent Justice Gregory Ong (Ong) from further exercising the powers, duties and responsibilities of a Sandiganbayan Associate Justice.

It will be recalled that in Kilosbayan Foundation v. Ermita,[1] the Court, by Decision of July 3, 2007, enjoined Ong "from accepting an appointment to the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court or assuming the position and discharging the functions of that office, until he shall have successfully completed all necessary steps, through the...