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Presidential Commission on Good Government Vs. H.E. Heacock, Inc. et al

PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, Petitioner, versus H. E. HEACOCK, INC. and SANDIGANBAYAN (1ST DIVISION), Respondents

G.R. No. 165878 | 2010-03-30

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

The present petition is one for certiorari and prohibition.

On July 16, 1987, the Presidential Commission on Good Government or PCGG (petitioner), on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines (the Republic), filed before the Sandiganbayan a complaint, docketed as Civil Case No. 0002,[1] against former President Ferdinand E. Marcos and his wife Imelda, Spouses Imelda and Tomas Manotoc, Spouses Irene and Gregorio Ma. Araneta (Araneta) III, and Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to recover alleged ill-gotten wealth, assets and other properties which they had acquired and/or conspired to acquire during Marcos'...