Motion for Reconsideration Ombudsman Format

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MOTI ON FOR RE RECON ONSI DERA RATI ON COME OMES NOW, RESPON ONDET, by hi ms el f , unt o t hi s Honorabl eOffi Office,mostr espect f ul l yst at est hef ol l owi ng:  TI MELI NESSOFTHE MOTI ON Pl ai nt i ffr ecei ved a copy oft he or deroft hi s Honor abl e Offic e dat e d Januar y 23, 2017 on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Res pondent xxxxx, has fif t e en ( 15) days or unt i l _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wi t hi n whi c h t o fil e a mot i on f or r e c ons i de r at i o n.He nc e ,t hi smo mo t i o nwast i me l yfil e d.

COU OURT RTS FI NDI DI NGS GS andDI GEST OF THE HE OR ORDER  TheHonor abl eOffic er ul e dt odi s mi s sher e i nr es pondent Or at af r om offic ffice.I nsodoi ngi tst at edi nt heDe Deci si ont hat : 1.I tfindst hatt her espondent ’ sdef enseofal i bii nsuffici ent t oabsol vehi m oft hechar gesagai nsthi m; 2.Res pondentOr at ar ec ei v ed and acc ept ed mone yi nt he gui seoff ac i l i t at i onf ee .

GROUNDS,I SSUES andARGUMENTS FOR RECONSI DERATI ON Respondent mov ant mos t r es pect f ul l y as ks t hi s Honor abl e Officet or ev i e wi t s findi ngs as abov es t at ed and ar g ueasf ol l o wspr a yi ngf o rt her e c o ns i de r a t i o noft heor de r : I .Respondent sdef enseofal i bi  wassuffi ci ent l yest abl i shedi n ordert oabsol vehi mf r om t he char gesagai nsthi m. I n anumbe r of cas es al s an i nher e nt l y weak and i bii unr e l i abl ede f e ns e ,f o ri ti se as yt of abr i c at e and di ffic ul tt o di s pr o v e.T oe s t abl i s h al ,t heaccusedmustpr ove( a)t hathe i bi  waspr e s entatanot herpl aceatt het i meoft heper pe t r at i onof t hec r i me ,and( b)t hati twasphy s i c al l yi mpo s si bl ef o rhi mt o  beatt hes c eneoft hec r i me .Phy si cali mpos si bi l i t yr ef er st o t hedi s t ancebet wee nt hepl acewher et heacc use d waswhen t hecr i met r anspi r edandt hepl acewher ei twascommi t t ed,as  wel last hef ac i l i t yofac ces sbe t weent het wopl ac e s.Duet oi t s doubt f ul nat ur e,al uppor t e d by c l ear and i bimust be s convi nci ng pr oof .[ Peopl e of t he Phi l i ppi nes vs Huber t Jeffr ey P.Webb,et .al . ,GR No.176864,December 14, 2010]

,t hepl eaofhavi ngbeen el se wher et han att hesce neof  Al i bi t he cr i me att he t i me oft he commi ssi on oft he f el ony ,i sa pl ausi bl e ex cuse f or t he accuse d.Lett her e be no mi st ake abouti t .Cont r ary t ot hecommon not i on,al i bii si nf acta ,t orpur poses ofexoner at i on good def ense.But o be val i df f r om a cr i mi nalchar ge,t he def ense ofal i bimustbe such t hat i t woul d have been physi cal l yi mposs i bl ef or t he per son char ged wi t h t he cr i me t o be at t hel ocus cri mi ni satt he t i me ofi t scommi ssi on,t he r eason bei ng

t hatnoperson can bei nt wopl acesatt hesamet i me.The excuse must be so ai r t i ght t hat i t woul d admi t of no  Wh et her ei st he l e as tpossi bi l i t y ofac cuse ds except i on . er pr esence att he cr i me scene,t he al i biwi l lnothol d wat er .

[ Peopl ev .Fl or ent i no Br acamont e,G. R.No.95939,June 17, 1996, asci t ed i n Peopl e v . Aňonuevo,G. R. No. 112989,Sept ember18,1996,262SCRA 22,36]

I nt her ul i ngmadebyt heHonor abl eOffice ,i twashel dt hat r e s po nde ntf ai l e dt os ho wt hati twasphy s i c al l yi mpo s si bl ef o r hi mt obeatt heCENRO Apar r i ,Cag ay anonDec e mber5,2013 as t hedi st ancebe t wee nt het wo pl acesi snotf arenough t o i mpedehi mt omakear e t ur nt r i pont hes ameday .  Wi t h al ldue r e spec tt ot he Honor abl e Ombudsman,att he out se t ,r espondent ’ s def ense ofal i bihas passed t he t wo ( 2) t e s t si nor de rf o ri tt obeanadmi s s i bl eandanai r t i g hte x cus e .  The Honor abl e Ombudsman opi ned i ni t sr ul i ng t hat t he di s t ancebe t wee n St a.Ana,Cagay an and Apar r i ,Cagay an i s notf are nough t oi mpede hi m t o make a r e t ur nt r i p on t he same day .I tmus tbe poi nt ed outt hatr es pondentwas on Offic i al Tr av el whi c h was e vi dence d by t he Tr av e l Or der , I t i ner ary ofTr aveland Cer t i ficat e ofAppear ance,bei ng an offic i al t r av el whi c h was s anc t i oned by hi s offic e; i ti s i ncumbent t he nt hat he mus t be doi ng hi s as si gned t as k ac cor di ngl y .  Whi l ei ti st r uet hatt hedi s t ancebe t we en t het wopl acesar e not f ar enough, t he ve ry nat ur e of r es pondent ’ st r ave li s offici al ,i ti sexpect edt hent hathemustbeatt hepl aceoft he as s i g ne dt as kf r o mt hev e r ys t ar tunt i li t sv e r ye nd.He nc e ,i t i si mposs i bl ef or hi m t ot r av elf r om St a.Ana,Cagayan t o  Apar r i ,Cagayan dur i ngt hoset i mej us tt ome e tr es ponde nti n cont r av ent i on wi t hr es pondent sv er y pur posei nt he offici al t r a v e l .  Ass umi ng t hat r es ponde nt and c ompl ai nant me tt hat day , t her e shoul d hav e bee n a pr i orco mmuni cat i on bef or et he y me t .The communi cat i on coul d hav e been vi t ali n or der t o consummat et het r ansac t i on si ncer es pondentwast heni n an offici alt r av el .Unf or t unat el y ,t heHonor abl eOmbudsman di d no tt akeno t i c eoft he s ec i r c ums t anc e sr a t he ri to nl ybas e di t s r ul i ngont hesur mi se smadebyt hecompl ai nant .

 Thus,wi t h al ldue r e spectt ot he Honor abl e Ombudsman, r es pondent mov anthumbl yopi nest hatt hecour tcoul d hav e commi t t edami s t akei n findi ngt hat :t her e spo nde nt ’ sde f e ns e o fal i bii sno ts uffic i e ntt o abs o l v ehi mo ft hec har g e s ag ai ns t hi m. I I .Res pondentdi dnot r ecei vedandaccept edmoney f r om compl ai nant . Res pondent mov ant mos tr es pec t f ul l y asks t hi s Honor abl e Office t or ec onsi der and r ei t er at es hi s cont ent i ons i n hi s Count er Affidavi tand Posi t i on Papert hathedi d notr ece i ve d and ac cept ed and monet ar yamountf r om compl ai nanti nt he gui seoff ac i l i t at i onf ee . Fur t her mor e,i tcoul dhavebeeni mpossi bl ef ort her espondent t oact ual l yrec ei vedt hesai damountconsi der i ngt hathecoul d notpos si bl y be atCENRO Apar r i ,Cag ay an on De ce mber5, 2013 bec ausehewason an Offici alTr av e lwhi c h appar e nt l y makesi ti mpossi bl et omee tcompl ai nantt hatday .  Wi t hpai nofbe i ngt r i t e,t het r av e lwasoneofanoffic i alt r av el . Res pondent ’ s pr es enceon t hatv er y momentwas v er y vi t al . Res pondentc oul d notj us tl e av e and do what e v e rhe want s dur i ngt hoset i mes.  The Honor abl e Ombudsman r ul ed t hatt he i ss uanc e ofan acknowl edge mentr ec ei ptbyr es pondentaffir mst hati ndee dhe r ec ei v ed and acc ept ed mone yf r om co mpl ai nant .I tmus tme poi nt e d outt hatt he mer ei s s uanceofan ac knowl e dgeme nt r ec ei pt ,i fi ndee d r es pondent i s sued t he s ame, i s not c o nc l us i v ee v i de nc er at he ri tr e nde r so nl yt obepr e s umpt i v e .  A r e cei pti sdefine das :A wr i t t e n andsi gne d ac knowl edgment t hatmone y has bee n pai d orgoo ds hav e been del i v er e d  .A r ecei pt i s mer el y presumpt i ve evi dence and i s not . wr  A i t t en acknowl edgment t hat money or a concl usi ve

ncea r ecei pti sa mer e t hi ngofval uehasbeen r ecei ved.Si acknowl edgement of payment ,i t may be subj ect t o

 A ece i pt may be use d as expl anat i on or cont r adi ct i on . r e vi dence agai ns t one j us t as any ot he r dec l ar at i on or admi ss i on.A si mpl er ec ei ptnotunderseali s pr es umpt i ve e vi dence onl y and may be r e but t e d or ex pl ai ned by ot he r evi denceofmi st akei n gi vi ngi t ,orofnonpaymentoroft he ci r c ums t anc e s under whi c h i t was gi v en. [ Phi l i ppi ne Nat i onalBank ( PNB)vsCour tofAppeal sand Car mel o H. Fl or es ,GR No.116181,Apri l17,1996]

Her e,i fr espondentr eal l yi ssued t he sai d acknowl edgement r e c e i pt ,i twasno ti ndi c at e dt he r e i nwi t hpar t i c ul ar i t yt owhom t heal l eged monet aryconsi der at i on camef r om.I ti scont r ary t o bas i c human e xpe r i ence and l ogi c t hat when t he compl ai nantent er edi nt ot het r ansact i on wi t ht her espondent , compl ai nant di d not aske dr es pondent t oi ndi cat ei n t he acknowl edgementr ec ei pthernamewhi c hwoul dact ual l ypr ov e t hati ndeedsheact ual l ygavet hemoney .

PRAYER  WHEREFORE,i ti s mostr espect f ul l y pr ayed t hatt he Honor abl e Ombudsman t o gr ant t hi s mot i on and f or i t r ec onsi deri t s Dec i si on dat ed January23,2017 and r ev er se t hes ame. Suc ho t he rj us tande qui t abl er e l i e f sar el i ke wi s epr a y e df or . Febr uary27,2017.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

 

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NOTI CE OFFI LI NG  TheCl er kofOffi ce Offi ceoft heOmbudsman Offic eoft heDeput yOmbudsmanf orLuz on  Agham Road,Di l i man,Que z onCi t y

Si r /Madam: Pl easesubmi tt hef or egoi ngMot i on f ort heconsi der at i on oft hi sHonor abl eOffice . Thanky ou.

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