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Cambe vs. Office of the Ombudsman et al. [CONCURRING, VELASCO, JR., J]

RICHARD A. CAMBE, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, LEVITO D. BALIGOD, AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. Nos. 212427-28] SENATOR RAMON "BONG" REVILLA, JR., PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, THROUGH ITS SPECIAL PANEL OF INVESTIGATORS, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, LEVITO D. BALIGOD, AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. Nos. 212694-95] SENATOR RAMON "BONG" REVILLA, JR., PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, LEVITO D. BALIGOD, FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, AND THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. Nos. 212794-95] RICHARD A. CAMBE, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, LEVITO D. BALIGOD, AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. Nos. 213477-78] JOHN RAYMUND DE ASIS, PETITIONER, VS. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SANDIGANBAYAN, FIRST DIVISION, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. Nos. 213532-33] RONALD JOHN LIM, PETITIONER, VS. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SANDIGANBAYAN, FIRST DIVISION, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. Nos. 213536-37] JANET LIM NAPOLES, PETITIONER, VS. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SANDIGANBAYAN, FIRST DIVISION, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. Nos. 218744-59] MARIO L. RELAMPAGOS, ROSARIO SALAMIDA NUÑEZ, LALAINE NARAG PAULE, AND MARILOU DIALINO BARE, PETITIONERS, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN, (FIRST DIVISION) AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 212014-15 | 2016-12-06

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION 

VELASCO, JR., J.:

I concur with the majority in sustaining the finding of probable cause against Janel Lim Napoles (Napoles), Ronald John Lim (Lim) and John Raymund de Asis (De Asis).

I, however, dissent from the majority's conclusion that there is probable cause to indict Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. (Revilla), Richard A. Cambe (Cambe), Mario L. Relampagos (Relampagos), Rosario S. Nuñez (Nuñez), Lalaine N. Paule (Paule) and Marilou D. Bare (Bare).
 
FACTUAL ANTECEDENTS

As culled from the Joint Resolution dated March 28, 2014 issued by the Ombudsman in OMB-C-C13-0316 and...