Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 358 views

    Re-Allegations-Made-Under-Oath-at-the-Senate-Blue-Ribbon-Committee-Hearing-Held-Against-Associate-Justice-Gregory-Ong

    Uploaded by

    Francis Coronel Jr.
    - Witnesses testified before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that Associate Justice Gregory Ong met with Janet Lim Napoles, who was involved in a large pork barrel scam. Ong denied knowing Napoles well. - A photograph also showed Ong, Napoles, and a Senator at a party. Ong admitted the picture raised suspicions but denied legal wrongdoing. - One witness said they saw Ong meeting with Napoles at her office, which Ong said was just a brief discussion about a religious figure during a birthday party. - The Supreme Court found Ong committed violations but that the witness testimony was merely hearsay and not sufficient alone to establish administrative liability.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Re-Allegations-Made-Under-Oath-at-the-Senate-Blue-Ribbon-Committee-Hearing-Held-Against-Associate-Justice-Gregory-Ong

    Uploaded by

    Francis Coronel Jr.
    358 views1 page
    - Witnesses testified before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that Associate Justice Gregory Ong met with Janet Lim Napoles, who was involved in a large pork barrel scam. Ong denied knowing Napoles well. - A photograph also showed Ong, Napoles, and a Senator at a party. Ong admitted the picture raised suspicions but denied legal wrongdoing. - One witness said they saw Ong meeting with Napoles at her office, which Ong said was just a brief discussion about a religious figure during a birthday party. - The Supreme Court found Ong committed violations but that the witness testimony was merely hearsay and not sufficient alone to establish administrative liability.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    5. Re-Allegations-Made-Under-Oath-at-the-Senate-Blue-Ribbon-Committee-Hearing-Held-Against-Associate-Justice-Gregory-Ong-docx.docx

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    - Witnesses testified before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that Associate Justice Gregory Ong met with Janet Lim Napoles, who was involved in a large pork barrel scam. Ong denied knowing Napoles well. - A photograph also showed Ong, Napoles, and a Senator at a party. Ong admitted the picture raised suspicions but denied legal wrongdoing. - One witness said they saw Ong meeting with Napoles at her office, which Ong said was just a brief discussion about a religious figure during a birthday party. - The Supreme Court found Ong committed violations but that the witness testimony was merely hearsay and not sufficient alone to establish administrative liability.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    358 views1 page

    Re-Allegations-Made-Under-Oath-at-the-Senate-Blue-Ribbon-Committee-Hearing-Held-Against-Associate-Justice-Gregory-Ong

    Uploaded by

    Francis Coronel Jr.
    - Witnesses testified before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that Associate Justice Gregory Ong met with Janet Lim Napoles, who was involved in a large pork barrel scam. Ong denied knowing Napoles well. - A photograph also showed Ong, Napoles, and a Senator at a party. Ong admitted the picture raised suspicions but denied legal wrongdoing. - One witness said they saw Ong meeting with Napoles at her office, which Ong said was just a brief discussion about a religious figure during a birthday party. - The Supreme Court found Ong committed violations but that the witness testimony was merely hearsay and not sufficient alone to establish administrative liability.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 1

    Re: Allegations Made Under Oath at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing Held Against

    Associate Justice Gregory Ong

    FACTS: In 2013, news broke about the “pork barrel scam” wherein the PDAF allotted to the members
    of House of Representative and Senate was channeled through bogus foundations. In the
    investigation conducted by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, the name of Sandiganbayan
    Associate Justice Gregory Ong was mentioned by the whistle-blowers who are former employees of
    the alleged mastermind, Janet Lim Napoles.

    The following day, Rappler published an article showing a photograph of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada,
    together with Napoles and Justice Ong. When interviewed, Justice Ong denied knowing Napoles and
    recalled that the photograph was from one of the parties of Senator Estrada. He admitted that given
    the ongoing controversy, the picture gains a different context. Nevertheless, he exclaims that his
    service to the judiciary remains untainted and denied that he was the one advising Napoles on legal
    strategies in connection with the Kevlar cases where she was acquitted.

    Duting the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing, one of the witnesses said that she saw Justice
    Ong visiting the office of Napoles and having a meeting with her. However, Justice Ong merely said
    that during the birthday party of Senator Estrada, Napoles talked to him during which the miraculous
    healing power of the Black Nazarene was mentioned and he maintains that there is nothing wrong
    with that considering that she has no pending case with his Court at the moment.

    The Court upon evaluation of the factual circumstances found possible transgressions of the New
    Code of Judicial Conduct committed by respondent.

    Justice Gregory Ong, for his part contends that the testimonies of the witnesses is hearsay and does
    not have weight on trial.

    ISSUE: Whether or not Associate Justice Gregory Ong is correct.

    RULING:  No. The Supreme Court held that that in administrative proceedings, only substantial
    evidence, i.e., that amount of relevant evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to
    support a conclusion, is required.  The standard of substantial evidence is satisfied when there is
    reasonable ground to believe that respondent is responsible for the misconduct complained of, even if
    such evidence might not be overwhelming or even preponderant.

    While it is true that technical rules of procedure and evidence are not applied strictly in administrative
    proceedings, still, hearsay evidence, without more, would not suffice to establish an allegation therein.
    In this case, other than the hearsay testimonies of witnesses, no other evidence was presented to
    establish that it was indeed Justice Ong who is the "contact" of Napoles in the Sandiganbayan who
    helped her secure an acquittal in the Kevlar case.

    Thus, the testimonies of witnesses with regard to the foregoing should not be given any weight in the
    determination of Justice Ong's administrative liability.

    You might also like