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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
OFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTOR
CITY OF MANILA
JOSEPH J. TABIRARA,
Complainant,
NPS Docket No. ________________
-versus- For: Violation of Art. 172 in relation to
Art. 171 of the Revised Penal Code of
the Philippines (FALSIFICATION OF
DOCUMENTS)
ROBERTA L. RIGA
JOSE ROMMEL ABAC
LAMBERTO G. MINDANAO
DENNIS DEL PILAR
All members of the Board of
Directors of Chamber of Customs
Brokers, Inc. (CCBI)
Suite 106 Port of Manila
Building, South Harbor, Manila,
Respondents.
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COUNTER-AFFIDAVIT
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2. Respondents specifically denies the allegations made in
the assailed Board Resolution 01-2015 is indeed ultra vires, the matter
respondents did not conspire to commit the crime of falsification since they
never made it appear that there was a quorum during the meeting in which
5 of the Complaint-Affidavit.
respondents never made it appear that there was a quorum at the 22nd
by the attendance sheet for the said board meeting, attached to the
of fifteen (15) directors of CCBI, only five (5) directors, herein respondents
and a certain Ariel P. Reyes, were present and signed the attendance
sheet.
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Article 171 are as follows: 1) That the offender caused it to appear in a
proceeding; and 2) That such person did not in fact so participate in the
thereon. The signatures of the other absent directors were not forged so as
to make it appear that they were present during the said meeting. In fact,
the boxes after their names, wherein each director was supposed to sign
to signify their presence during the meeting, were marked only with an X,
indicating their absence at the meeting. Nowhere was there any forgery of
any kind committed which caused it to appear that the absent directors
members of the Board of Directors since it can be clearly seen in the copy
Complaint-Affidavit, that the other directors did not sign the said board
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WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed that complainants
INVESTIGATING PROSECUTOR
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that I have personally examined the Affiants and that
foregoing Affidavit.
INVESTIGATING PROSECUTOR