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Facts: A provincial governor, Lando Velasco, approved a non-competitive procurement of flood-control pumps for ₱75,000,000 with a private supplier. The supplier later submitted invoices totaling ₱95,000,000. The governor directed the provincial treasurer to release ₱50,000,000, ₱27,000,000 of which was diverted to a private account controlled by the governor’s cousin. The province incurred a net loss of ₱18,000,000. The governor defends that the funds were used for urgent flood-control operations.
(a) Identify the controlling doctrine on Sandiganbayan’s jurisdiction over cases involving graft and related offenses by public officers.
(b) Do the facts establish graft under the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (RA 3019) and/or malversation? State the elements and apply.
(c) Determine whether Sandiganbayan is the proper forum for trying this case and why.