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2006-06-16 |
CALLEJO, SR., J. |
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| CONTRARY TO LAW.[4] The case was docketed as Criminal Case No. 25393.The trial of the three cases was consolidated. During pre-trial, the prosecution and the accused stipulated on the following: The parties have agreed that the purchase of the motor vehicle in question herein has been regular in all aspects insofar as the mechanical procedures for the purchase of the motor vehicle is concerned, including the fact that the vehicle itself is registered in the name of the Province of Kalinga. The only issue is whether or not the funds used to purchase the motor vehicle subject matter of the accusation herein was authorized by the Provincial Board of the existing fund of the Provincial Government of Kalinga in 1998.[5] The parties also agreed, "without prejudice to whatever other action the accused might take on the earlier cancellation [by the court] of the last sentence of the first paragraph on page 2 of the Pre-Trial Order dated September 22, 1999," to dispense with the testimony of Vice-Governor Jocel Baac and that of Provincial Secretary James Alunday, upon the following stipulation of facts: 1) The Vice-Governor would have testified that, outside of the resolutions stipulated upon in the "Stipulation of Documents" dated October 19, 1999, no other written resolutions of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan exists with respect to the purchase of the Nissan Safari motor vehicle by the Province of Kalinga. x x x | |||||