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Dario Manalastas vs Judge Rodrigo Flores

DARIO MANALASTAS, complainant, vs. JUDGE RODRIGO R. FLORES, Municipal Trial Court, Branch 2, San Fernando, Pampanga, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1523 | 2004-02-06

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an administrative complaint against Judge Rodrigo R. Flores,[1] Municipal Trial Court (now Municipal Trial Court in Cities), Branch 2, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, for dishonesty, gross incompetence, gross ignorance of the law, patent immorality and gross inefficiency.

The pertinent facts, as culled from the records, are as follows:

As an aftermath of the May 1997 barangay elections in San Jose, San Fernando, Pampanga, Alberto Guinto, as protestant, filed an election contest[2] against Dario Manalastas, as protestee, with the MTC of San Fernando, Pampanga, then presided by the respondent...