Tag: RA 3019
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Miriam Defensor Santiago vs. Sandiganbayan (G.R. No. 128055, April 18, 2001) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Miriam Defensor-Santiago, then Commissioner of the Commission on Immigration and Deportation (CID), was indicted before the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. 16698 for alleged violation of Republic Act No. 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act). The information charged her with acting with evident bad faith and manifest partiality in approving the application for legalization…