Practice question
While a petition contests an ancillary preventive suspension in an Ombudsman administrative investigation, the office completes the investigation and issues its final merits disposition. The litigant insists the preventive order necessarily continues indefinitely and its provisional purpose can never end. What reasoning from Carpio-Morales answers this?
- The ancillary preventive measure loses its investigative purpose when that process ends, potentially mooting the challenge
- Preventive suspension is always a lifetime penalty
- A final disposition can never affect provisional relief
- The provisional challenge automatically sets aside the merits disposition
- The respondent gains permanent immunity
Legal references
- Carpio-Morales v. Court of Appeals, G.R. Nos. 217126-27, November 10, 2015, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/nov2015/gr_217126_2015.html Judicial review, Section 14 and rule-making discussion.
- Piccio v. Office of the Ombudsman, G.R. No. E-00224, April 28, 2026, main opinion: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/18/70531 Factual findings and substantial evidence discussion.
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