MANILA – The Office of the Ombudsman said that former Presidential Commission on Good Government Chairman Camilo Sabio is facing graft charges for allegedly trying to influence his brother, Court of Appeals Associate Justice Jose Sabio, Jr. to help a party-litigant in a case pending before the Court of Appeals.
In a Joint Resolution, Ombudsman Conchita Morales found probable cause to indict Sabio for two counts of violation of Section 3(a) of Republic Act No. 3019 (Anti Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) and for violation of Article 243 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).
The Joint Resolution said that on May 30, 2008, Justice Sabio received a call from his brother informing him that he had been named member of the CA division to which the MERALCO-GSIS case had been raffled.
Sabio tried to convince Justice Sabio “of the rightness of the stand of the GSIS and asked his brother to help the GSIS, which represents the interest of the poor people.”
It was also uncovered that Sabio received a call from GSIS Board Member Atty. Jesus Santos informing him that the MERALCO-GSIS case was already raffled to the division of Justice Sabio, Santos allegedly requested Sabio’s intercession to convince Justice Sabio to rule against the issuance of Temporary Restraining Order in favor of MERALCO.
Justice Sabio was excluded as respondent in the complaint filed by the Field Investigation Office “since records do not show that he had been influenced by his elder brother.”
It was unclear how the Ombudsman discover about this. (Mindanao Examiner)
Like Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mindanaoexaminer
Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MindanaoExamine
Read Our News on: http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com and http://www.mindanaoexaminer.net
20