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Jonar Santiago vs Atty Edison Rafanan

JONAR SANTIAGO, Complainant, versus Atty. EDISON V. RAFANAN, Respondent.

A.C. No. 6252 | 2004-10-05

DECISION 

PANGANIBAN, J.:


  Notaries public are expected to exert utmost care in the performance of their duties, which are impressed with public interest. They are enjoined to comply faithfully with the solemnities and requirements of the Notarial Law. This Court will not hesitate to mete out appropriate sanctions to those who violate it or neglect observance thereof.

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* On leave.

The Case and the Facts 

         Before us is a verified Complaint[1] filed by Jonar Santiago, an employee of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), for the disbarment of Atty. Edison V. Rafanan....