Jamsani-Rodriguez V Ong
Jamsani-Rodriguez V Ong
Jamsani-Rodriguez V Ong
CASES REPORTED
SUPREME COURT REPORTS ANNOTATED
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* EN BANC.
RESOLUTION
BERSAMIN, J.:
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1 Decision, p. 26.
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(a) We are playing Gods here, we will do what we want to do, your
contempt is already out, we fined you eighteen thousand pesos,
even if you will appeal, by that time I will be there, Justice of the
Supreme Court.’2;
(b) You are better than Director Somido? Are you better than
Director Chua? Are you here to supervise Somido? Your office is
wasting funds for one prosecutor who is doing nothing.’3;
(c) Just because your son is always nominated by the JBC to
Malacañang, you are acting like that! Do not forget
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A.
Respondents’ Violation of the Provisions of PD 1606
and Revised Internal Rules of the Sandiganbayan
xxx xxx xxx
We find that the procedure adopted by respondent Justices for
their provincial hearings was in blatant disregard of PD 1606, as
amended, the Rules of Court, and the Revised Internal Rules of
the Sandiganbayan. Even worse, their adoption of the procedure
arbitrarily denied the benefit of a hearing before a duly
constituted Division of the Sandiganbayan to all the affected
litigants, including the State, thereby rendering the integrity and
efficacy of their proceedings open to serious challenge on the
ground that a hearing before a duly constituted Division of the
Sandiganbayan was of the very essence of the constitutionally
guaranteed right to due process of law.
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Ruling
Finding the arguments of the complainant to be matters
that the Court fully dealt with and discussed in the
Decision, and there being no other substantial matters
raised by her, we deny her Motion for Reconsideration (of
the Honorable Court’s Decision Dated 1 September).
We deny the plea of Justice Ong and Justice Hernandez
for complete exoneration, considering what we held in the
Decision, which we reiterate hereunder, as follows:
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Motions denied.
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