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22 6 SUPREME COURT REPORTS ANNOTATED Cojuangco, Jr. vs. Presidential Commission on Good Gov't. G.R. Nos. 92319-20. October 2, 1990.* EDUARDO M. COJUANGCO, JR., petitioner, vs. PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT (PCGG) AND HON. FRANCISCO I. CHAVEZ in his capacity as Solicitor General, and the HON. OMBUDSMAN, respondents, MARIA CLARA L. LOBREGAT and JOSE R. ELEAZAR, JR., intervenors. Criminal Procedure; Preliminary Investigation; Presidential Commission on Good Government; Executive Order Nos. 1 & 14; The PCGG has the power to investigate and prosecute ill-gotten wealth cases of the former President, his relatives and associates, and graft and corrupt practices cases that may be assigned by the President to the PCGG; The PCGG's power to investigate includes the authority to conduct preliminary investigations. —From the foregoing provisions of law, particularly Sections 2(b) and 3(a) of Executive Order No. 1 and Sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order No. 14, it is clear that the PCGG has the power to investigate and prosecute such ill-gotten wealth cases of the former President, his relatives and associates, and graft and corrupt practices cases that may be assigned by the President to the PCGG to be filed with the Sandiganbayan. No doubt, the authority to investigate extended to the PCGG includes the authority to conduct a preliminary investigation. Thus, the Tanodbayan lost the exclusive authority to conduct the preliminary investigation of these types of cases by the promulgation of the said Executive Order Nos. 1 and 14 whereby the PCGG was vested concurrent jurisdiction with the Tanodbayan to conduct such preliminary investigation and to prosecute said cases before the Sandiganbayan. The power of the PCGG to conduct a preliminary investigation of the aforementioned types of cases has been recognized by this Court in Bataan Shipyard and Engineering Co. Inc. (BASECO) vs. PCGG. Same; Same; Same; Same; Ombudsman; Public Officers; Republic  Act 6770; The authority of the Ombudsman to investigate offenses involving public officers is not exclusive but is concurrent with other similarly authorized agencies of the government like the PCGG. —Under Section 15(1) of Republic Act No. 6770 aforecited, the Ombudsman has primary jurisdiction over cases cognizable by the Sandiganbayan so that it may take over at any stage from any investigatory agency of the ______________

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