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Anaclito Carandang Vs. Remedios Base etc.

ANACLITO* CARANDANG, Complainant, versus REMEDIOS BASE, Clerk of Court, Municipal Trial Court, Brooke's Point, Palawan, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-08-2440 [formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 03-1730-P] | 2008-03-28

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.

In a Complaint dated July 23, 2003,[1] Anaclito Carandang (complainant) charged Remedios Base (respondent), Clerk of Court, Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Brooke's Point, Palawan with "gross and grave misconduct in office" and violation of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 3019, "The Anti-graft and Corrupt Practices Act," vis a vis Criminal Case No. 17087, "People of the Philippines v. Monique Carandang, et al.," for illegal possession of drug paraphernalia.

In his Malayang Salaysay[2] dated July 17, 2003 which was subscribed and sworn to on July 23, 2003, complainant claimed that on April 12, 2003, his wife...