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Enojas, Jr. vs Judge Gacott Jr, RTC, Br 47, Puerto Princesa City

ALFREDO B. ENOJAS, Jr., complainant, vs. JUDGE EUSTAQUIO Z. GACOTT, Jr., RTC, Branch 47, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1513 | 2000-01-19

D E C I S I O N


PURISIMA, J.:

At bar is an Administrative Complaint charging Judge Eustaquio Z. Gacott, Jr. with serious misconduct, inefficiency, and gross ignorance of the law.

Complainant Alfredo B. Enojas, Jr. was a candidate for mayor of the Municipality of Roxas, Palawan in the May 8, 1995 local elections. According to the canvass of election returns, complainant obtained seven thousand three hundred twenty-nine (7,329) votes, lower by forty-eight votes than the seven thousand three hundred seventy seven (7,377) votes of Jose R. Rodriguez, who was proclaimed winner on May 26, 1995.

On June 1, 1995, complainant filed an election...