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M E M O R A N D U M O R D E R N O . 0 4 - 2 0 1 1G U I D E L I N E S O N G AT H E R I N G S TAT I S T I C A LD ATA O N A N T I - C O R R U P T I O N C A S E S F I L E DAND DISPOSED IN ALL COURTS

Q u o t e d h e r e u n d e r i s M e m o r a n d u m O r d e r N o . 0 4 - 2 0 11 ( R e :Guidel ines on Gathering Stat ist ical Data on Ant i-Corrupt ion Cases Fi leda n d D i s p o s e d i n A l l C o u r t s ) d a t e d J a n u a r y 2 1 , 2 0 11 s i g n e d b y t h eHonorable Chief Just ice Renato C. Corona:

"MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 04 -2011GUIDEL INES ON GATHERING STAT IST ICAL DATA

ON ANTI-CORRUPTION CASES FILED AND DISPOSED IN ALLCOURTS

W H E R E A S , t h e p r i n c i p a l m a n d a t e o f t h e C o m p o n e n t W o r k i n gCommi t t ee (CWC) f o r Componen t [ 3 o f t he Jud i c i a l Re fo rm Suppo r tProgram (3RSP) is the enhancement o f the ins t i tu t iona l in tegr i ty o f theJudiciary;

WHEREAS, the issue o f cor rupt ion in the Jud ic ia ry is one o f themat ters tha t the CWC for Component B has to address pursuant to thesaid mandate;

WHEREAS, t he re i s a need f o r a f ac tua l ma t r i x on co r rup t i on t ogu ide and a i d t he CWC fo r Componen t B i n add ress i ng t he i s sue t ha thas been adversely affect ing the integri ty of the Judiciary;

W H E R E A S , a m o n g t h e c o m p o n e n t s o f t h e f a c t u a l m a t r i x a r estat ist ical data on cases of corrupt ion filed against Just ices, judges andcourt officials and personnel;

W H E R E A S , t o a s s i s t t h e g o v e r n m e n t i n i t s fi g h t a g a i n s tc o r r u p t i o n , d a t a o n c a s e s a g a i n s t a l l g o v e r n m e n t o f fi c i a l s a n demployees filed and disposed in courts must also be gathered,

N O W , T H E R E F O R E , t h e f o l l o w i n g g u i d e l i n e s a r e h e r e b yestabl ished for compl iance of the concerned court officials named below:

(1) For the purpose of this Memorandum Order, ~corrupt ion cases" shal lre fer to compla in ts and cases, whether admin is t ra t ive or c r imina l , fi ledaga ins t any Just ice , j udge, cour t o ffic ia l o r cour t employee, as we l l asg o v e r n m e n t o f fi c i a l o r e m p l o y e e , f o r c o m m i t t i n g a c t s o f c o r r u p t i o nincluding those penal ized under Art ic les 212 to 221 of the Revised PenalCode, RA 3019 (Ant i -Gra f t and Cor rupt Prac t ices Act ) , as amended, RA6713 (Code o f Conduct and Eth ica l S tandards fo r Pub l ic Offic ia ls andEmp loyees ) , RA 7080 (P lunde r Law) , Sec t i on 11 (b ) o f RA 9485 (An t i -Red Tape Act} and other pert inent laws.

Co r rup t i on cases sha l l no t be l im i t ed t o cases i nc l uded i n t heregular dockets of the concerned courts but shal l include cases that ares t i l l sub j ec t o f i n f o rma l p re l im ina ry i nves t i ga t i on ( IP I ) , whe the r t hecompla inant is ident ified or anonymous.

(2 ) I n f o rma t i on on co r rup t i on cases fi l ed and d i sposed f o r t he t h ree -year per iod o f 2007 to 2010 sha l l be gathered and genera ted by :

( a ) t h e C l e r k o f C o u r t o f t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t f o r c a s e s fi l e dagainst Supreme Court Just ices, officials and personnel;

( b ) t h e C l e r k s o f C o u r t o f t h e C o u r t o f A p p e a l s , t h eS a n d i g a n b a y a n a n d t h e C o u r t o f Ta x A p p e a l s f o r c a s e s fi l e dagainst Just ices, officials and personnel of their respect ive courtsand

( c ) t h e C o u r t A d m i n i s t r a t o r f o r c a s e s fi l e d a g a i n s t fi r s t a n dsecond level judges, officials and personnel,

S p e c i fi c a l l y, w h e n e v e r a p p l i c a b l e , t h e d a t a s h a l l c o n t a i n t h efol lowing:

(a) the nature o f the cases, whether admin is t ra t ive or c r imina l

( i ) i n adm in i s t r a t i ve cases , whe the r t he cha rges a re f o rma lo r i n f o rma l and whe the r t he comp la i nan t i s anonymous o rident ified and

( i i ) i n a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c a s e s , w h e t h e r t h e c o m p l a i n t h a sa l r eady been docke ted as a r egu la r adm in i s t r a t i ve case o rst i l l subject of IPI;

(b) the number of cases filed according to their nature and

(c) final outcome of the cases

( i ) in admin is t ra t ive cases, whether impos i t ion o f d isc ip l inarysanct ion or d ismissa l o f the charge and whether d ismissa l o ft h e c o m p l a i n t / c a s e w a s i n t h e d o c k e t e d regularadmin is t ra t ive mat ter s tage or in the IP [ s tage and

(i i ) in cr iminal cases, whether convict ion or acquit tal .

(3 ) The same Jud ic ia ry o ffic ia ls sha l l a lso gather separa te in format ionrega rd i ng co r rup t i on cases aga ins t a l l o t he r gove rnmen t o f fic i a l s andemployees fi led and d isposed in the cour t (s ) sub jec t o f the i r respect ivereports.

( 4 ) A l l g a t h e r e d d a t a s h a l l b e s u b m i t t e d t o t h e O f fi c e o f t h e C h i e f ] u s t i c et h r o u g h t h e S t a t i s t i c s D i v i s i o n i n t h e C o u r t M a n a g e m e n t O f fi c e o f t h eO f fi c e o f t h e C o u r t A d m i n i s t r a t o r ( C M O - O C A ) w i t h i n a p e r i o d o f s i x t y ( 6 0 )d a y s f r o m r e c e i p t o f t h i s M e m o r a n d u m O r d e r ; p r o v i d e d t h a t t h e C o u r tAdmin is t ra to r sha l l :

( a ) i s s u e a c i r c u l a r o n t h e m a t t e r f o r d i s s e m i n a t i o n t o a l l c o u r t sw i t h i n fi v e ( 5 ) d a y s f r o m r e c e i p t o f t h i s i s s u a n c e a n d

( b ) d i r e c t s u b m i s s i o n b y a l l fi r s t a n d s e c o n d l e v e l c o u r t s o f t h er e q u i r e d i n f o r m a t i o n w i t h i n s i x t y ( 6 0 ) d a y s f r o m r e c e i p t o f t h eci rcular.

( S ) T h e S t a t i s t i c s D i v i s i o n o f t h e C M O - O C A s h a l l g e n e r a t e a s t a t i s t i c a ld a t a b a s e d o n t h e r e p o r t s s u b m i t t e d b y t h e c o n c e r n e d o f fi c i a l s o f t h eJ u d i c i a r y w i t h i n a ' o n e - m o n t h p e r i o d f r o m r e c e i p t t h e r e o f .

T h e s t a t i s t i c a l d a t a s h a l l t h e r e a f t e r b e s u b m i t t e d t o t h e O f fi c e o ft h e C h i e f J u s t i c e . A c o p y t h e r e o f s h a l l a l s o b e f u r n i s h e d t o t h e C W C f o rComponen t B o f t he 3RSP th rough i t s Cha i rpe rson .

O n r e q u e s t o f c o n c e r n e d g o v e r n m e n t a g e n c i e s a n d o t h e r p r o p e rp a r t i e s , a p p r o p r i a t e s t a t i s t i c a l d a t a o n c o r r u p t i o n c a s e s m a y b e p r o v i d e db y t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t t h r o u g h t h e O f fi c e o f t h e C h i e f J u s t i c e u p o nf a v o r a b l e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n o f t h e C W C f o r C o m p o n e n t B o f t h e 3 R S P,

( 6 ) A l l t h e c o n c e r n e d o f fi c i a l s m e n t i o n e d i n p a r a g r a p h ( 2 ) a r e t h e r e a f t e re n j o i n e d t o c o n t i n u e t h e d a t a - g a t h e r i n g a c t i v i t y a n d t o s u b m i t d a t ag a t h e r e d f o r e a c h y e a r t o t h e O f fi c e o f t h e C h i e f J u s t i c e w i t h i n t h e m o n t ho f J a n u a r y o f t h e i m m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g y e a r.

( 7 } W i t h i n t e n ( 1 0 ) d a y s f r o m t h e i s s u a n c e o f t h i s m e m o r a n d u m o r d e r ,t h e S t a t i s t i c s D i v i s i o n o f t h e C M O - O C A s h a l l s u b m i t a p r o p o s e d s t a n d a r df o r m f o r t h e r e p o r t s r e q u i r e d u n d e r t h i s m e m o r a n d u m o r d e r t o t h e C W Cf o r C o m p o n e n t 8 o f t h e J R S P w h i c h s h a l l i n t u r n r e v i e w t h e p r o p o s e ds t a n d a r d f o r m a n d r e c o m m e n d t o t h e C h i e f J u s t i c e t h e a p p r o v a l t h e r e o f .

Th is Nemerandum Order sha l l t ake e f fec t upon i t s i ssuance th i s 21s tday o f January 2011 . "

P a r t i c u l a r a t t e n t i o n i s i n v i t e d t o t h e p r o v i s i o n s o n t h e s c o p e o f t h er e q u i r e d d a t a a n d t h e s i x t y - d a y d e a d l i n e s e t f o r t h .

January 28,2011,

COURT and STATION:Justlce/Judgl:

CASES SUBJECT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS:

COMPLAINANT3OUN1 CASE NO. (Indicate if Anonymous or Identified)

CASES INVOLVING VIOLATION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWSJanuary 2o.~ to December 20.~

CLERK OF COURT/BRANCH CLERK OF COURT/DIVISION CLERK OF COURT:

OFFENSE DATEFILEDRESPONDENT/ACCUSED{Indicate Designation, Station)

FINAL OUTCOME or ACTUALSTAGE OF PROCEEDINGS DATE

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

(Name & Designation)

CASES INVOLVING VIOLATION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWSJanuary 20.~ to December 20.~

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CARES SUBJECT OF INFORMAL PRELIMINARY INQUIRY (I.P,I.)

COUNT CASE NO. COMPLAINANT RESPONDENT/ACCUSED OFFENSE DATE FILED FINAL OUTCOME or ACTUAL DATE(Indicate if Anonymous or Identified) (Indicate Designation, Station) STAGE OF PROCEEDINGS

CARES SUBJECT OF FORMAL/REGULAR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGSCOUNT CASE NO. COMPLAINANT RESPONDENT/ACCUSED

(Indicate Designation, Station) OFFENSE DATE FILED FINAL OUTCOME or ACTUALSTAGE OF PROCEEDINGS DATE

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