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Laurel v Desierto digest

Laurelv.Desierto
GRNo.145368,April12,2002

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PetitionerVicePresidentSalvadorLaurelwasappointedastheheadoftheNational
CentennialCommission,abodyconstitutedforthepreparationoftheNational
Centennialcelebrationin1998.HewassubsequentlyappointedastheChairmanof
ExpoCorp.,andwasoneofthenine(9)incorporators.Acontroversyeruptedonthe
allegedanomalieswiththebiddingcontractstosomeentitiesandthepetitionerwas
implicated.ByvirtueofaninvestigationconductedbytheOfficeoftheOmbudsman,
thepetitionerwasindictedforallegedviolationoftheAntiGraftandCorrupt
PracticesAct(RA3019).ThepetitionerfiledaMotiontoDismissquestioningthe
jurisdictionoftheOfficeoftheOmbudsman,whichwasdenied.Hefurtherfileda
motionforreconsiderationwhichwasalsodenied,hencethispetitionforcertiorari.

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ThepetitionerassailsthejurisdictionoftheOmbudsmanandcontendedthatheisnot
apublicofficersinceExpoCorpisaprivatecorporation.
Issue:W/Nthepetitionerisapublicofficer
Yes,theOmbudsmanhasjurisdictionoverthecaseofthepetitionersinceheisa
publicofficer.TheNCCisanofficeperformingexecutivefunctionssinceoneofits
mandateistoimplementnationalpolicies.Moreover,thesaidofficewasestablished
byvirtueofanexecutiveorder.ItisclearthattheNCCperformssovereignfunctions,
henceitisapublicoffice.SincepetitionerischairoftheNCC,heisthereforea
publicofficer.ThefactthattheNCCwascharacterizedbyEO128asan'adhoc
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body'makeitlessofapublicoffice.Finally,thefactthatthepetitionerdidnot
receiveanycompensationduringhistenureisofnoconsequencesincesuchismerely
anincidenceandformsnopartoftheoffice.

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