[ G.R. Nos. 221253-54. April 26, 2021 ]

[ G.R. Nos. 221253-54. April 26, 2021 ]

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FIRST DIVISION

[ G.R. Nos. 221253-54. April 26, 2021 ]

WILLIAM G. GUIALANI, IN HIS CAPACITY AS TAXPAYER AND GRAFT AND CORRUPTION CRUSADER, PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, (SPECIAL) TWENTY-SECOND DIVISION [COMPOSED OF: HON. HENRI PAUL B. INTING (PONENTE), HON. EDGARDO A. CAMELLO, AND HON. PABLITO A. PEREZ (MEMBERS)]; DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT [HEREIN REPRESENTED BY SEC. MEL SENEN SARMIENTO, USEC. AUSTERE A. PANADERO, AND OIC REGIONAL DIRECTOR NILO P. CASTANARES OF REGION - 10]; OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN [HEREIN REPRESENTED BY THE OMBUDSMAN HON. CONCHITA CARPIO-MORALES]; AND OSCAR S. MORENO AND GLENN C. BAÑEZ, RESPONDENTS. [1] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 227527-28], pp. 9-39.

[2] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 231065-68], pp. 14-28.

[3] Penned by Associate Justice Edgardo A. Camello, with the concurrence or Associate Justices Oscar V. Badelles and Perpetua T. Atal-Paño; id. at 39-63.

[4] Id. at 67-73.

[5] Penned by Graft Investigation and Prosecution Officer I Modesto F. Onia Jr.; id. at 91-96.

[6] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 221253-54], pp 3-25.

[7] Penned by Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting (now a Member of the Court ), with the concurrence of Associate Justices Edgardo A. Camello and Pablito A. Perez; id. at 115-118.

[8] Id. at 143-147.

[9] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 231065-68], p. 153.

[10] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 221253-54], p. 167.

[11] Id.

[12] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 231065-68], pp. 124-126.

[13] Id. at 120-121.

[14] Penned by Presiding Judge Florencia D. Sealana-Abbu; id. at 156-157.

[15] Id. at 106-118.

[16] Id.

[17] Id. at 234-235.

[18] Id. at 153-154

[19] Id. at 91-96.

[20] Id. at 94-95.

[21] Id. at 159-169, 252-269.

[22] Rollo [G.R. No. 221253-54], pp. 54-78, 82-93.

[23] Id. at 78, 93.

[24] Id. at 54.

[25] Id. at 82.

[26] Supra note 7.

[27] Rollo [G.R. No. 221253-54], pp. 117-118.

[28] Id. at 134-139.

[29] Id. at 138.

[30] Supra note 8.

[31] Rollo [G.R. No. 221253-54], pp. 146-147.

[32] Id. at 173.

[33] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 231065-68], pp. 98-104.

[34] Id. at 45-48.

[35] Id. at 276-279.

[36] Supra note 3.

[37] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 231065-68], p. 63.

[38] Supra note 4.

[39] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 231065-68], pp. 48-50.

[40] 593 Phil. 655 (2008).

[41] Id. at 672.

[42] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 231065-68], p. 49.

[43] Id. at 50.

[44] Supra note 40.

[45] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 227527-28], pp. 16-19.

[46] Id. at 19-24.

[47] Id. at 26-30.

[48] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 231065-68], pp. 20-25.

[49] Id. at 312-321.

[50] Id. at 316-321.

[51] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 221253-54], pp. 14-20.

[52] Id. at 166-185.

[53] Id. at 173-185.

[54] CONSTITUTION, Article X, Section 5.

[55] Film Development Council of the Philippines v. Colon Heritage Realty Corporation, 760 Phil. 519, 537 (2015).

[56] 608 Phil. 214 (2009).

[57] Id.

[58] Chu v. Spouses Cunanan, 673 Phil. 12, 19 (2011).

[59] Supra note 40.

[60] Tolentino v. Atty. Loyola, 670 Phil. 50, 61 (2011).

[61] Field Investigation Office of the Office of the Ombudsman v. Castillo, 794 Phil. 53, 61 (2016).

[62] Office of the Ombdusman-Visayas v. Castro, 759 Phil. 68, 79 (2015).

[63] Ganzon v. Arlos, 720 Phil. 104, 113 (2013).

[64] Fajardo v. Corral, 813 Phil. 149, 158 (2017)

[65] Rodriguez-Angat v. GSIS, 765 Phil. 213, 233 (2015), citing Government Service Insurance System v. Mayordomo, 665 Phil. 131, 148 (2011).

[66] Office of the Ombudsman v. Fetalvero, Jr., G.R. No. 211450, July 23, 2018.

[67] 772 Phil 672 (2015).

[68] Id. at 738.

[69] Id. at 739, citing City of Manila v. Judge Grecia-Cuerdo, 726 Phil. 9, 26-27 (2014).

[70] Id.

[71] Rollo [G.R. Nos. 231065-68], pp. 62-63.

[72] Tatad v. Commission on Appointments, 584 Phil. 332, 335 (2008).

[73] Id.