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Under Republic Act No. 7080, define plunder, including the essential elements and the role of the term 'public officer', as well as the statutory threshold for the amount involved. Apply to the following facts: In a provincial government, the Vice Governor and the Provincial Accountant, in conspiracy with a private supplier, disburse P110,000,000 of provincial funds by approving and signing fictitious emergency road-rehabilitation vouchers for projects that were never performed. The vouchers were signed by the Vice Governor and the Provincial Accountant; funds were traced to the supplier's accounts. Are the Vice Governor and the Provincial Accountant liable for plunder? Explain which elements are satisfied and why.

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Only the Provincial Accountant is liable for plunder, because he prepared and signed the vouchers and therefore directly caused the disbursement of funds. Only the Vice Governor is liable for plunder, since the highest official who approved the disbursement bears the principal responsibility, while the Provincial Accountant's signature is merely clerical. They are liable for malversation of public funds, not plunder, since the offense of plunder requires a different mens rea and a specific threshold that does not apply here. Yes. Both the Vice Governor and the Provincial Accountant are liable for plunder because they are public officers who conspired with a private supplier to disburse provincial funds through fictitious vouchers for non-existent projects, and the amount involved exceeds the plunder threshold.

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