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Dennis A.B. Funa vs. Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) and COA

DENNIS A.B. FUNA, Petitioner, vs. MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL. OFFICE and the COMMISSION ON AUDIT, Respondents.

G.R. No. 193462 | 2014-02-04

EN BANC
DECISION
 
PEREZ,J.:
 
This is a petition for mandamus to compel:
 
1.) the Commission on Audit (COA) to audit and examine the funds of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), and
2.) the MECO to submit to such audit and examination. The antecedents:
 
Prelude
 
The aftermath of the Chinese civil war2 left the country of China with two (2) governments in a stalemate espousing competing assertions of sovereignty.3 On one hand is the communist People’s Republic of China (PROC) which controls the mainland territories, and on the other hand is the nationalist Republic of China (ROC) which controls the island...