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Johnwell W. Tiggangay Vs. Judge Marcelino K. Wacas, RTC, Branch 25, Tabuk City, Kalinga

JOHNWELL W. TIGGANGAY, Complainant, vs. JUDGE MARCELINO K. WACAS, Regional Trial Court, Branch 25, Tabuk City, Kalinga, Respondent

A.M. OCA IPI No. 09-3243-RTJ | 2013-04-01

THIRD DIVISION 

RESOLUTION 

VELASCO, JR., J.:

Before Us is a letter-complaint charging respondent Judge Marcelino K. Wacas (Judge Wacas) with Impropriety and Partiality for not inhibiting himself, in violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct, from hearing an electoral protest case pending before him and for attending the victory party of a party-litigant in said electoral case. 

Judge Wacas is the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 25 in Tabuk City, Kalinga. Complainant Johnwell W. Tiggangay (Tiggangay) was the losing protestant in an electoral protest case before the...