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2009-04-29 |
VELASCO JR., J. |
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| Preventive suspension, it ought to be noted, is not a penalty by itself, being merely a preliminary step in an administrative investigation.[15] And the power to discipline and impose penalties, if granted, carries with it the power to investigate administrative complaints and, during such investigation, to preventively suspend the person subject of the complaint.[16] | |||||
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2008-03-31 |
VELASCO JR., J. |
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| An order of preventive suspension is a preliminary step in an administrative investigation. And it is usually made immediately effective and executory to prevent the respondent from using his/her position or office to influence prospective witnesses or tamper with the records which may be vital to the prosecution of the case.[25] | |||||
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2007-04-02 |
GARCIA, J. |
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| Respondent cannot claim any right against, or damage or injury that he is bound to suffer from, the issuance of the preventive suspension order in question, in the light of the unbending rule that there is no such thing as a vested right or an estate in an office, or even an absolute right to hold it.[9] Public Office is not property but a "public trust or agency."[10] While due process may be relied upon by public officials to protect their security of tenure which, in a limited sense, is analogous to property, such fundamental right to security of tenure cannot be invoked against a preventive suspension order which is a preventive measure, not imposed as a penalty.[11] | |||||