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De Perio Santos v.

Executive Secretary

G.R. No 94070 April

10, 1992


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+n April $ !"#.Petitioner sou'ht a lea(e of absen/e from the

01A to spend the Easter olidays in *e, 3or

)&S&A& ,ith family at no expense to theo(ernment&

She bou'ht t,o non-transferable non-refundable

dis/ounted ti/ets /ostin' S1r& !5". for herself

and her adopted dau'hter Pia


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6efore they /ould lea(e ene(a shere/ei(ed instru/tions dire/tin' her to pro/eed

to a(ana as a member of the Philippine

dele'ation&)nder the 71orei'n Ser(i/e Personnel

Manual on 8ra(el Per 0iems and 0aily

Allo,an/e Abroad she ,as entitled tore/ei(e SFr & 2,996 for the /ost of e/onomy

roundtrip fare&


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Instead she used the t,o dis/ounted ti/ets/ostin' only S1r& !5". for herself and her

dau'hter Pia&

8hey left ene(a for *e, 3or en route toa(ana on April !5 !"#.&

+n the same day the 01A appro(ed her

appli/ation for a lea(e of absen/e ,ith payfrom April 2. to May ! !"#.&


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Instead of /laimin' reimbursement for S1r&

2""$ she re:uested and re/ei(ed

reimbursement of only S1r& !5". ,hi/h she

spent for the ene(a to *e, 3or and *e,3or to ene(a portion of her trip thereby

effe/tin' sa(in's of S1r&!;"" for the

o(ernment&


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+n September !$ !"#.the 01A ased for /larifi/ation on 7,hy Mission

paid for plane ti/et of infant Pia de Perio-Santos

,hen she ,as not authori%ed to a//ompany her

adoptin' mother at 'o(ernment expense&

Petitioner replied

the air fare ti/ets ,ere for her only and did not

in/lude her dau'hter ,hose trip ,as paid fromher personal funds&


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+n September 2! !"#.the 01A re:uired her to refund the amount

representin' her dau'hter


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Instead of refundin' only the sum of Sfr& $.;to the o(ernment petitioner returned the

full amount of S1r&!5".&

She thereafter /laimed payment for oneround-trip e/onomy plane ti/et in the

amount of S1r& 2""$ to ,hi/h she ,as

entitled under the 1orei'n Ser(i/e Personnel

Manual on 8ra(el Per 0iems and 0aily Allo,an/e Abroad&


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+n +/tober 5 !"#.administrati(e /har'es ,ere filed a'ainst her

for

= in/ompeten/e>= ineffi/ient>

= /orrupt and dishonest a/ti(ities>

= rude and un/outh manners>

= abusi(e and hi'h-handed beha(ior>

= irre'ular and hi'hly ille'al transa/tions in(ol(in'

funds of the mission&


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+n *o(ember 2$ !"#.8he Committee found a prima facie /ase a'ainst

petitioner for ?!@ dishonesty> ?2@ (iolation of

existin' rules and re'ulations> ?;@ in/ompeten/e

and ineffi/ien/y> and ?4@ /ondu/t preudi/ial to thebest interest of the ser(i/e&


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+n January 24 !"#"

President A:uino nominated *ar/isa B& Es/aler

as in lieu of the petitioner&

+n Mar/h ; !"#"

President A:uino found petitioner 'uilty of

dishonesty ?instead of mis/ondu/t@ and imposed

upon her the penalty of reprimand ,ith re/all tothe home offi/e&


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Issue

She alle'ed that the President


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Ruling

8he 'eneral rule is that the fa/tual

findin's of administrati(e a'en/ies are

bindin' on this Court and /ontrollin' on

the re(ie,in' authorities if supported bysubstantial e(iden/e&

Courts of usti/e ,ill not interfere ,ith

purely administrati(e matters renderedby administrati(e bodies ,ithin the

s/ope of their po,er and authority


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e hold that under the /ir/umstan/es thepetitioner


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8here is no merit in the petitioner


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8he tenure of offi/ials holdin' primarily/onfidential positions ends upon loss of

/onfiden/e be/ause their term of offi/e lasts

only as lon' as /onfiden/e in them endures&

hen that /onfiden/e is lost and the offi/er

holdin' the position is separated from the

ser(i/e su/h /essation is not remo(al from

offi/e but merely an expiration of hisherterm&


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An in/umbent of a primarily /onfidential

position holds offi/e at the pleasure of

the appointin' po,er&

hen the pleasure turns into

displeasure the in/umbent is not

remo(ed or dismissed from offi/e F his

term merely expires& As holder of a primarily /onfidential

position petitioner


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