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G.R. Nos. 139141-42. November 15, 2000.
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* THIRD DIVISION.
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GONZAGA-REYES, J.:
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Sir:
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NANNY P. GARCIA
Head, Bulacan PLC
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Except for the complaint for slander against Garcia, all the
complaints were dismissed by Assistant Provincial
Prosecutors Pelagia J. Joaquin and Victoria Fernandez
Bernardo for want of probable cause (Resolutions
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dated 24
February 1997 and 25 April 1997). The motions for
reconsideration filed by petitioners were similarly4 denied
(Resolutions dated 28 April 1997 and 4 June 1997).
On 14 July, 1997, petitioners filed three separate
petitions for review with the Department of Justice (DOJ).
In an indorsement dated 12 September 1997, the Assistant
Chief State Prosecutor of the DOJ, Apolinario G. Exevea,
referred to the Office of the Ombudsman the petition for
review filed by petitioners from the Resolutions dated 25
April 1997 and 4 June 1997 of the Provincial Prosecutor of
Bulacan dismissing the complaint against Garcia and
Abella for perjury in I.S. No. 97-77. In a second
indorsement dated
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2 Ibid., 58-67.
3 Ibid., 58-61, 65-66.
4 Ibid., 62-64, 67.
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5 Ibid., 102.
6 Issued on October 5, 1995.
7 Otherwise known as the “Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.”
8 Rollo, 24-32.
9 Ibid., 34-36.
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SO ORDERED.
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the Ombudsman of the slander charge did not produce any effect
since it has not moved for the withdrawal of11the information for
slander filed before the aforementioned court.
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10 Ibid., 9-19.
11 Ibid., 116-117.
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12 Ibid., 9-10.
13 Crespo v. Mogul, 151 SCRA 462 (1987).
14 Otherwise known as “The Ombudsman Act of 1989.”
15 SEC. 15. Powers, Functions and Duties.—The Office of the
Ombudsman shall have the following powers, functions and duties:
(1) Investigate and prosecute on its own or on complaint by any person,
any act or omission of any public officer or employee, office or agency,
when such act or omission appears to be illegal, unjust, improper or
inefficient. It has primary jurisdiction over cases cognizable by the
Sandiganbayan and, in the exercise of this primary jurisdiction, it may
take over, at any stage, from any investigatory agency of Government, the
investigation of such cases;
x x x x x x x x x
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The rule is based not only upon respect for the investigatory and
prosecutory powers granted by the Constitution to the Office of
the Ombudsman but upon practicality as well. Otherwise, the
functions of the courts will be grievously hampered by
innumerable petitions assailing the dismissal of investigatory
proceedings conducted by the Office of the Ombudsman with
regard to complaints filed before it, in much the same way that
the courts would be extremely swamped if they would be
compelled to review the exercise of discretion on the part of the
fiscals or prosecuting attorneys each time they decide to file an
information in court or dismiss a complaint by a private
complainant.
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Petition dismissed.
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22 Rollo, 111-116.
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