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Re: Allegations made under oath at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing held on September 26, 2013 Against Associate Justice Gregory S. Ong, Sandiganbayan [Separate Concurring Opinion J. Brion]

Re: Allegations Made Under Oath at the Sernate Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing Held on September 26, 2013 Against Justice Gregory S. Ong, Sandiganbayan. [Separate Concurring Opinion J. Brion]

A.M. No. SB-14-21-J | 2014-09-23

SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION
 
 

BRION,J.:
 
I write this Opinion to support Associate Justice Martin S. Villarama, Jr.'s conclusion that the respondent Justice Gregory Ong (Justice Ong), Chairman of the Fourth Division of the Sandiganbayan, should be dismissed from the service for gross misconduct, dishonesty and impropriety.

I likewise submit this Opinion to express my disagreement with the opinions of Associate Justices Lucas P. Bersamin, Jose P. Perez and Bienvenido L. Reyes that Justice Ong should only be penalized for simple misconduct and meted the lighter penalty of three to six months...