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Republic vs. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 90478 November 21, 1991

The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) filed a case against Bienvenido Tantoco Jr. and Dominador Santiago. Tantoco and Santiago then filed interrogatories and a motion for production and inspection of documents from PCGG. PCGG claimed the documents were privileged. However, the Supreme Court ruled that since PCGG filed the case, it lost its sovereign immunity and must respond to discovery requests, just like any other litigant. As a plaintiff, PCGG cannot claim immunity from the normal litigation processes like interrogatories.

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Republic vs. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 90478 November 21, 1991

The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) filed a case against Bienvenido Tantoco Jr. and Dominador Santiago. Tantoco and Santiago then filed interrogatories and a motion for production and inspection of documents from PCGG. PCGG claimed the documents were privileged. However, the Supreme Court ruled that since PCGG filed the case, it lost its sovereign immunity and must respond to discovery requests, just like any other litigant. As a plaintiff, PCGG cannot claim immunity from the normal litigation processes like interrogatories.

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Caleb Josh T.

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G.R. No. 90478 November 21, 1991
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT),
petitioner,
vs.
SANDIGANBAYAN, BIENVENIDO R. TANTOCO, JR. and DOMINADOR R. SANTIAGO,
respondents.
Topic: Deposition (Rules 23-24)
Ponente: NARVASA, J.
Facts:
Tantoco and Santiago files with the Sandiganbayan a pleading denominated as interrogatories
to plaintiff as well as a motion for production and inspection of documents. PCGG claims that
the documents sought to be produced are privileged in character and their use is proscribed by
the immunity provisions of E.O. 1.
Issue:
WON petitioner can object to the interrogatories served to it in accordance with Rule 25 of the
Rules of Court.
Held:
NO. The State is, of course, immune from suit in the sense that it cannot, as a rule, be sued
without its consent. But it is axiomatic that in filing the action, it divests itself of its sovereign
character and sheds immunity from suit, descending to the level of an ordinary litigant.

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