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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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