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Rallos, Villar, et al vs Judge Gako

JOSELITO RALLOS, JOSEFINA RALLOS VALLAR, SIMON RALLOS representing his deceased father CARLOS RALLOS, TERESITA RALLOS YAP, and JOSELITO RALLOS, complainants, vs. Judge IRENEO LEE GAKO JR., RTC, Branch 5, Cebu City, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1484 (A) | 2000-03-17

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Partiality and dishonesty have no room in the administration of justice, for they contradict its very essence. Indeed, like Caesar's wife, a judge must not only be pure, but must also be beyond suspicion.

The Case

Two administrative cases were filed against Judge Ireneo Lee Gako Jr. of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 5. Filed by Executive Secretary Ronaldo B. Zamora, the first is a Letter-Complaint charging him with ignorance of the law and grave abuse of authority. Allegedly, respondent ordered the release of 25,000 sacks of imported rice to the claimants, notwithstanding the pendency of...