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BENALFRE J. GALANG, complainant, vs. JUDGE ABELARDO H. SANTOS, respondent.

BENALFRE J. GALANG, complainant, vs. JUDGE ABELARDO H. SANTOS, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-99-1197 | 1999-05-26

R E S O L U T I O N

PER CURIAM:

The case before the Court is a letter-complaint filed by Pampanga Provincial Attorney Benalfre J. Galang charging Judge Abelardo H. Santos, presiding judge, Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), Angeles City, Pampanga, with acts unbecoming of a judge.

On December 10, 1996, Benalfre J. Galang filed with this Court a complaint[1] seeking administrative action for the reprehensible conduct of respondent judge in engaging in the publication of a gossip tabloid, The Mirror, as editor and legal adviser, and as a gossip-mongering columnist of a local newspaper, Sun Star Clark.

Complainant alleged that...