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GOVERNOR ENRIQUE T. GARCIA, JR., PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, LEONARDO B. ROMAN, ROMEO L. MENDIOLA, PASTOR P. VICHUACO, AURORA J. TIAMBENG, AND NUMERIANO G. MEDINA, RESPONDENTS.

GOVERNOR ENRIQUE T. GARCIA, JR., PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, LEONARDO B. ROMAN, ROMEO L. MENDIOLA, PASTOR P. VICHUACO, AURORA J. TIAMBENG, AND NUMERIANO G. MEDINA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 197567 | 2014-11-19

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

Assailed in this petition for certiorari1 are the Resolution2 dated May 30, 2006 and the Order3 dated October 9, 2009 of the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) in OMB-L-C-05-0084-A, which dismissed the criminal complaint against herein respondents for lack of probable cause.

The Facts
 
The present case stemmed from a Complaint-Affidavit4 filed by herein petitioner Enrique T. Garcia, Jr. (Garcia), incumbent Provincial Governor of the Province of Bataan (Province), before the Ombudsman, docketed as  OMB-L-C-05-0084-A, against respondents former Provincial...