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	GR No. 166758 2012-06-27	MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY v. VICENTE ATILANO BRION, J.
In arguing as it did, MERALCO failed to note that Section 14, Article VIII of the Constitution refers to "courts," thereby excluding the DOJ Secretary and prosecutors who are not members of the Judiciary. In Odchigue-Bondoc v. Tan Tiong Bio,[10] we ruled that "Section 4, Article VIII of the Constitution does not x x x extend to resolutions issued by the DOJ Secretary." In explaining the inapplicability of Section 4, Article VIII of the Constitution to DOJ resolutions, the Court said that the DOJ is not a quasi-judicial body and the action of the Secretary of Justice in reviewing a prosecutor's order or resolution via appeal or petition for review cannot be considered a quasi-judicial proceeding.