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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 173 -
IMPOSING THE PENALTY OF DISMISSAL FROM THE SERVICE WITH FORFEITURE OF
ALL THE BENEFITS UNDER THE LAW OF ASSISTANT CITY PROSECUTOR EDUARDO D.
RESURRECCION OF QUEZON CITY
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| This refers to the administrative complaint
against Assistant City Prosecutor Eduardo D. Resurreccion of Quezon
City for gross neglect of duty. The records disclose the following: In a letter-complaint dated 14 June 1994 of City Prosecutor Candido V. Rivera of Quezon City, herein respondent prosecutor, Eduardo D. Resurreccion, was formally charged and investigated for his failure to resolve eighty-seven (87) criminal cases assigned to and received by him for preliminary investigation within the prescribed sixty (60) days from date of assignment under Department Circular No. 49 series of 1993 which amended Department Circular No. 35, dated September 17, 1991. His pending and unresolved cases as of June 14, 1994 dated back as early as March 22, 1993 to April 14, 1994. The same are listed in a document denominated as "Report of Cases Which Have Remained Pending Beyond the 60-Day Period From The Date of Receipt By The Investigating Prosecutor", prepared and submitted to the Quezon City Prosecutor by Second Assistant City Prosecutor Ismael P. Casabar who is the Chief of the Prosecution Division of the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office. Simultaneous with the issuance of the formal charge in the instant administrative case, respondent prosecutor was placed under preventive suspension for ninety (90) days without pay, pursuant to the provisions of Section 51, Chapter 7, Subtitle A, Title 1 Book V, of the Administrative Code. Despite numerous opportunities accorded him to file his comment or answer to the administrative charge against him, Prosecutor Resurreccion failed to do so. During the formal investigation held on August 23, 1994, he offered no objection as to the existence and authenticity of complainant's pieces of evidence. Consequently, the case was submitted for resolution without controverting evidence from respondent prosecutor. After due formal investigation, the Secretary of Justice found the following: "Without
doubt, Prosecutor Resurreccion has greatly neglected his duty to
resolve the eighty-seven (87) criminal cases assigned to him for
preliminary investigation. His failure to act on these cases beyond the
prescribed period under Department Circular No. 35, series of 1991, as
amended by Department Circular No. 49, series of 1993, betrays his
inefficiency and unfitness to discharge the duty of a public
prosecutor. The number of his pending cases is highly irregular and
bespeaks of the seriousness of his omission which resultantly affects
the administration of justice and depreciates the people's confidence
in our justice system. To compound the gravity of his
administrative negligence, respondent prosecutor has, to this day,
failed to turn over the records of his unresolved cases to the City
Prosecutor of Quezon City despite respondent prosecutors' prior receipt
of the corresponding directive from this Department to do so.
"There being no justification or explanation for his gross neglect of duty and in view of the enormity of his unresolved cases to date, he should be meted the penalty of dismissal from the service pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 30, series of 1989, of the Civil Service Commission. "WHEREFORE,
finding respondent Eduardo D. Resurreccion guilty of the administrative
offense of gross neglect of duty, it is hereby recommended that he be
dismissed from the service with forfeiture of all benefits under the
law."
In view of the foregoing, and as recommended by the Secretary of Justice, respondent Assistant City Prosecutor EDUARDO D. RESURRECCION is hereby dismissed from the service with forfeiture of all the benefits under the law. Done in the City of Manila this 20th day of December in the year of the Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety four. SO ORDERED. Manila, Philippines. |
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