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This resoives tii* p€tition fry reviet* cf r.ire resdlJtion of theCity Prosecutor of fttas'rila Ciiy in tr.S. F-le. XV-S7-INV-@C-02363dismissing the cornplaint qlainst respndent Attir. Ernesto DavldDelos Sanics for e$.afn

Crnplainant is rrie incumbent president of the University ofManlla and is filinE tfie instant cas€ or! behalf of tle schod.Respondent is the sc'r'!. cf the former preskjent of the sarnelnstitution and, at pi-eserrt, is a mernber of the universi$s board ofdirrtors.

stripped of iile ndl-essentiais, cornplainant chargesr*s;p*nCIent *:f causlr;,'-; {i;-af}uencins ?he universEss rcotrnting*fflce im) the ;ssuanm *-f i_3"1+.r foliotsinq eE-ecks:

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While saici chects i:*p+ar rc have heen lssuec !n favor of oneRorneo Gunnav.,a, they t{ere allegedly endorsed by, and deposflted:n the accannt cf, e'esp?"lCer"rt. Amcng tlre documents submitterJ tosubstanUate complainant's claim of authorrty to file this cornplaintand her charges against respondentr are the resdution of theboard of trustees +f ihe llniversity *f l4anila arid an affidavit ofi)fte l-lilda R,, Be[an*.

Responder-rt denrss the charges iodged against hrim, .!-{eciain"rs that the flting +f ihe carplaint !s part of a "scare andintimidaUon tactic" being uUlizsi by conrplainant for hFn towithciraw his oppositrost tc the probate of tJre will of his fatherlreing applied cornplainant. Arraong otier dmuments, respondentsubmltted an affidavit *"*xecuted by Ronreo Gunnawa, the payee ofsubject ctecks, to refute the allegaUons in the cornplaint.

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Section 12 in relation to setion 7 of Deparbrent circular No.70 dated Juty 3, 2000 rx"ovides that the secretary of Justie rnayrnotu proyia, disnilss outright a pdition for review if there isi noshowing any reverslble error in the assailed resolutjon.

we carefully exarnirmd the petitioft and for.rnd no such e{rortJ-lat wu.rld justify a rq\,trr$al *f t-he assailed resolutlon which issuppo(ed by ure eviclence addumd and the rdevant.iurisprudenee.

Gunnawa himself i:as attested that rE actualty received ailarnor-*rts lndicatec lri :ne six {fi) rhecks subjecL of this ca}se,r*preensnE iris nroprticlv ariary. sy practice, hls pay checks areencashed bV hEs spgsricrs :,;r the office rarFlere he is assgned. ThenLhe checks are cleposit+d beck t* tlte accounts eit!-rer of u[r4 or ofv*hsnever had encashej'rt" This practice is mrrfinnd by F{rs.Belano, one of cornplainant's supposed witness, when she statedunder oath that' *(Mr Gunnawa's) payroll is being processed by

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This explains why the subject checks do not actually bear the

endorsenent of r*-spoftdenf qune contsary to the allegation in tl'le

cornpialnant.

wHEREF&ftE,thepeLttiof}fcrreviewisherebyDISI,'lrssED.

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TTTE CITY PR*$f,CTjTORHall of Justice, ?'lanila CitY Hali

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