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Under Republic Act No. 7080 (Plunder), define plunder, including the essential elements and the role of the term 'public officer', as well as the statutory threshold for the amount involved. Who qualifies as a 'public officer' for purposes of the offense? Apply to the following facts: A provincial governor G and his provincial engineer E, in conspiracy with a private contractor P, disburse P64,000,000 of provincial funds by approving and signing fictitious road-improvement vouchers for projects that were never performed. The vouchers were signed by G and E; funds were traced to P's accounts. Are G or E liable for plunder? Explain which elements are satisfied and why.

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Only G is liable for plunder; the provincial engineer E is a mere technical employee and not a co-conspirator in the disbursement. The private contractor P is liable for plunder as a conspirator, while the public officers can be charged only with malversation, not plunder. Both G and E are liable for plunder because they are public officers who conspired with a private contractor to disburse at least P50,000,000 through fictitious vouchers, with funds traced to the contractor. The proper charge is malversation of public funds, not plunder, because the act involved disbursement by signatures of public officers rather than diversion into private funds.

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