The decision promulgated on 16 September 2020 was released on 2 June 2021: The decision was penned by Associate Justice Leonen, the same Leonen, who was dean of the UP College of Law who opined negatively on the plea bargaining agreement over 10 years ago, on 24 February 2011. The Supreme Court made public the ruling of its Third Division, dated 16 September 2020, that dismissed the Office of the Solicitor General’s petition for certiorari assailing the Office of the Ombudsman’s ruling that denied their appeal to intervene in Garcia’s case. Hence, in my view, the transaction was null and void ab initio.”īut on the morning of 2 June 2021, silver linings appeared for those who were gravely wronged and were given hope to redress their grievances before the proper forum.
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Garcia appears tainted with illegality and irregularities.
#A DAY OF INFAMY MANUAL#
On 24 February 2011, in his letter to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, Dean Marvic Leonen of the University of the Philippines College of Law opined that: “On the basis of facts presented by a committee and from the General Accounting and Auditing Manual and without prejudice to a more extended opinion, the plea bargaining agreement with Major General Carlos F. The aftermath in the form of sufferings inflicted by the ruthless and merciless wrongdoings of both Mendoza and Rabusa and the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that will constitute the essential elements of the probable cause will be discussed in detail in “Day of infamy (4).”Īt the height of the follies of Mendoza and Rabusa, spreading falsehoods about the plea bargaining agreement and other related financial transactions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), there was tremendous groundswell of support for them from the population, including the legal community. For this, she was catapulted to the lofty United Nations (UN) post.
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