"The procedure prescribed in Batas Pambansa Blg. 129,
as well as the implementing rules that the Supreme Court has promulgated and
may hereafter promulgate, relative to appeals/petitions for review to the Court
of Appeals, shall apply to appeals and petitions for review filed with the
Sandiganbayan. In all cases elevated to the Sandiganbayan and from
the Sandiganbayan to the Supreme Court, the Office of the Ombudsman, through
its special prosecutor, shall represent the People of the Philippines, except
in cases filed pursuant to Executive Order Nos. 1, 2, 14 and 14-A, issued in
1986."
- Sec. 4(c), RA 8249, cited in
People vs. Sandiganbayan, et. al., GR 189063,
Dec. 11. 2013.