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MARIVIC C. VITOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. CAROLINE GRACE ZAFRA, COURT STENOGRAPHER II, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 71, PASIG CITY, RESPONDENT.

MARIVIC C. VITOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. CAROLINE GRACE ZAFRA, COURT STENOGRAPHER II, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 71, PASIG CITY, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. P-11-2917 | 2014-12-02

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

The conviction of an employee for a violation of Batas Pambansa Blg. 22, a crime that involves moral turpitude, is sufficient cause for dismissal from the service. Thereby, the employee’s  unworthiness and lack of fitness to remain in the service of the Judiciary are exposed.

Antecedents
 
The complaint-affidavit dated July 31, 2006 filed by Marivic C. Vitor charged respondent Caroline Grace Zafra with conduct unbecoming of a court personnel for the latter’s failure to pay the amount of P37,500.00 she had owed to the former. Vitor averred that Zafra had issued to her six post-dated...