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Priscilla Imbing Vs. Benjamin C. Tiongson

PRISCILLA IMBING, complainant, vs. JUDGE BENJAMIN C. TIONGSON, Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 5, Manila, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-91-595 | 1994-02-07

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

A magistrate has to live by the example of his precepts. He cannot judge the conduct of others when his own needs judgment. It should not be "do as I say and not what I do." For then the court over which he is called to preside will be a mockery, one devoid of respect. 1 This the Court once quoted for guidance; this we now repeat with sanctions.

In a letter 2 dated July 25, 1991 addressed to former President Corazon C. Aquino which was endorsed to the Office of the Court Administrator on September 6, 1991 by the Office of the President, respondent Judge Benjamin C. Tiongson was charged with alleged...