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Ramoncito and Juliana Luarca Vs. Judge Ireneo B. Molato, MTC, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro/ Jeny Agbay Vs. Judge Ireneo B. Molato, MTC, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro

RAMONCITO AND JULIANA LUARCA, VS. COMPLAINANTS, JUDGE IRENEO B. MOLATO, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, BONGABONG, ORIENTAL MINDORO, RESPONDENT. / JENY AGBAY, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE IRENEO B. MOLATO, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, BONGABONG, ORIENTAL MINDORO, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. MTJ-08-1711 | 2012-04-23

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

 

ABAD, J.:

 

 

These cases talk about the need for a judge to distance himself from the operation of a business.

 

The Facts and the Case

 

In two separate complaints,[1] spouses Ramoncito and Juliana Luarca (the Luarcas) and Jenny Agbay charged Judge Ireneo B. Molato of the Municipal Trial Court of Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro, with conduct unbecoming a member of the judiciary.  They alleged that Judge Molato and his wife, Nilalina, enticed them to invest money in Lucky Socorro Investor and Credit Corporation (Lucky Corporation) of which Nilalina was...