Friday, August 10, 2018

Grave misconduct; penalty is dismissal from the service.



OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, REPRESENTED BY OMBUDSMAN CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES vs. MARIA ROWENA REGALADO, GR No. 208481-82, February 7, 2018:

"'Yes, my dear, that's the system ng government . . . Ganito ang system, ano ako magmamalinis?' - Maria Rowena Regalado Immigration Officer.

Public officers who, in the course of performing their regulatory functions, brazenly extort money, incessantly haggle, bribe, knowingly use falsified copies of official issuances to justify extortion, threaten to withhold benefits and services, deny possession of official receipts to payors, profess undue influence over their colleagues, and unabashedly exclaim that extortion and bribery are standards in the government are guilty of grave misconduct. Their nefarious acts are an utter disservice to the public, and undermine the entire civil service, thereby warranting the termination of their stint in public service. The consummate atrocity of their ways should not be mollified by the convenient excuses of being caught only for the first time, and of solicited statements of support from supposedly satisfied clients that speak of their purported good performance."

Ref.:
http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/jurisprudence/2018/february2018/208481-82.pdf