THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 198135. January 28, 2013.]
SORAIDA BIRUAR-AMPATUAN, petitioner, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COUNCIL [AMLC], respondent.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution dated January 28, 2013, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 198135 (Soraida Biruar-Ampatuan vs. Republic of the Philippines, represented by the Anti-Money Laundering Council [AMLC]). — The Court resolves to NOTE:
(1) the letter dated October 17, 2012 of Alma B. Operio, Division Clerk of Court, Court of Appeals, relative to the Resolution dated September 3, 2012, stating that the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. AMLC No. 00040 denied therein respondents' [including herein petitioner's] various motions to lift freeze order and likewise denied their various motions for reconsideration/partial reconsideration of such denial, with Annexes "A" and "B"; and
(2) the Office of the Solicitor General's Manifestation dated October 24, 2012 that an Asset Preservation Order was issued and is in effect against petitioner.
Acting on petitioner's motion for reconsideration of the Resolution dated September 7, 2011 which denied the petition for review on certiorari, the Court resolves to DENY the motion for reconsideration with FINALITY, no compelling reason and substantial argument having been adduced to warrant the reconsideration sought. cDaEAS
Importantly, the key issue of this case which is the propriety of the Court of Appeals' issuance of a freeze order on the bank accounts of the petitioner, has become moot and academic in view of the filing of a civil forfeiture case against her before the Regional Trial Court of Manila 1 and the latter court's issuance of a Provisional Asset Preservation Order on December 2, 2011, followed by the Asset Preservation Order on December 22, 2011.
Petitioner's supplemental motion for reconsideration of the Resolution dated September 7, 2011 is NOTED WITHOUT ACTION.
No further pleadings will be entertained in this case. Let entry of final judgment be made in due course.
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) LUCITA ABJELINA SORIANODivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.AMLC Case 11-004-22 entitled Republic of the Philippines, represented by the Anti-Money Laundering Council v. Datu Andal Salibo Ampatuan, et al.