The Court of Appeals (CA) has reversed a ruling of the Office of the President (OP) in 2013 that ordered the dismissal of Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Wendell Barreras-Sulit in connection with a plea-bargaining agreement (plebara) she signed with then Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia who was charged with plunder and money laundering. In a decision written by Associate Justice Zenaida T. Galapate Laguilles, the CA granted the petition of Barreras Sulit as it ruled that the Office of the President – then President Benigno S. Aquino III – committed an error in ruling against her in an administrative case. The CA ordered the reinstatement of Barreras Sulit to her post. “We grant the instant petition for review. The decision dated July 18, 2013, and resolution dated Dec. 6, 2013, of the Office of the President, dismissing petitioner Wendell Barreras Sulit from the service are hereby reversed and set aside,” the CA [...]
