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Simeon G. Macuse vs. Gervacio A. Lopena

SIMEON G. MACUSE, complainant, vs. JUDGE GERVACIO A. LOPENA, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Tubigon-Clarin, Bohol, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-88-189 | 1991-08-30

R E S O L U T I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J p:

Simeon G. Macuse, a Court Aide at the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Tubigon-Clarin, Bohol filed with this Court a sworn letter complaint dated June 2, 1988 charging Judge Gervacio A. Lopena with dishonesty, oppression, gross misconduct and corrupt practices.

Complainant alleged that:

". . . when he received in January 1986 a lump sum of six thousand (P6,000.00) pesos representing his salary for the months of September to December, 1985, Judge Lopena demanded from him four thousand five hundred (P4,500.00) pesos as compensation for the respondent's act of recommending his appointment...