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Maspil, et al. vs. Romero

MOISES M. MASPIL and YOLANDA LAGMAN, complainants, vs. FERNANDO R. ROMERO, Clerk of Court, Court of First Instance, Baguio City, respondent.

A.M. No. P-44 | 1974-09-30

D E C I S I O N

ESGUERRA, J:

This administrative case presents a glaring example of how private individuals can harass and persecute public officials for their own private and personal ends without being sincerely concerned with the interest of the public service, and of how the power of administrative action may be utilized to deprive said officials of their freedom of action in the exercise of their legitimate rights as private citizens. We do not deny the citizen's right to denounce recreant public officials if their incompetence or lack of integrity or qualification may adversely affect the public service, but We certainly frown upon...