• Tadeo be prosecuted both for holding the rally without permit and for inciting
sedition
• Administrative sanctions were recommended for the following officers for their
failure to make effective use of their skill and experience in directing the dispersal
operations in Mendiola:
Gen. Ramon E. Montaño (CAPCOM Commander)
Police Gen. Alfredo S. Lim (Police Brigadier of WPD)
Police Gen. Edgar Dula Torres (Deputy Superintendent of WPD)
Police Maj. Demetrio Dela Cruz (INP Field Force)
Col. Cezar Nazareno (Task Force Nazareno)
Maj. Filemon Gasmin (Marine CDC Batallion)
Facts:
• Last and most important recommendation: for the deceased and
wounded victims to be compensated by the government
• It was this portion that petitioners (Caylao group) invoke in their claim for
damages from the government
• No concrete form of compensation was received by the victims
• Petitioners said that the State has waived its immunity from suit and
dismissal of the instant action is contrary to both Constitution and Int’l law
on Human Rights
• Judge Sandoval dismissed the case on the ground that there was no such
waiver
• No reversible error
• Petitions dismissed