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Doroteo M. Salazar vs. Judge Antonio D. Marigomen

DOROTEO M. SALAZAR, Complainant, versus JUDGE ANTONIO D. MARIGOMEN, Regional Trial Court, Branch 61, Bogo, Cebu, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-06-2004 [Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 04-2145-RTJ] | 2007-10-19

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

By Complaint[1] dated November 10, 2004, Doroteo M. Salazar (complainant) charged Judge Antonio D. Marigomen (respondent), Presiding Judge of Branch 61, Regional Trial Court, Bogo, Cebu, with gross ignorance of the law, bias, conduct prejudicial to the interest of the service and rendering a decision violative of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Rules of Procedure and the Constitution in connection with Election SPC Case No. BOGO-00789.

Zenaida F. Salazar, wife of complainant, and a mayoralty candidate in the Municipality of Madridejos, Cebu in the May 2001 elections, filed on July 4, 2001 an election...