THE Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the ouster of special prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio after the Ombudsman found him guilty in 2010 of serious dishonesty—he faked the records of his absences.

In a 20-page decision penned by Associate Justice Myra Garcia-Fernandez and concurred by Associate Justices Fernanda Lampas Peralta and Francisco Acosta, the Court’s Ninth Division denied Villa-Ignacio’s “petition for review as it affirmed the decision dated June 17, 2010 rendered by the Internal Affairs Board [IAB] of the Office of the Ombudsman[.]”

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