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CAVITE CRUSADE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT vs. JUDGE NOVATO T. CAJIGAL

CAVITE CRUSADE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT, complainant, vs. JUDGE NOVATO T. CAJIGAL, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-00-1562 | 2001-11-23

R E S O L U T I O N

PARDO, J.:

On May 21, 1997, a group composed of businessmen, industrialists, lawyers and well-meaning citizens of Cavite bandied together to form the Cavite Crusade for Good Government (hereafter, CCGG) filed[1] a letter informing the Court of alleged illegal and grossly immoral activities of Judge Novato T. Cajigal, Regional Trial Court, Branch 19, Bacoor, Cavite.

CCGG pooled their resources to gather information on the activities of Judge Cajigal and detailed the result of the investigation.

According to CCGG, the modus operandi of the respondent judge was to consistently refuse to decide pending cases or resolve...