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Spouses Umaguing vs. Atty. De Vera

SPOUSES WILLIE AND AMELIA UMAGUING, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. WALLEN R. DE VERA, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10451 | 2015-02-04

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
This administrative case stemmed from a Complaint1 for the alleged betrayal of trust, incompetence, and gross misconduct of respondent Atty. Wallen R. De Vera (Atty. De Vera) in his handling of the election protest case involving the candidacy of MariecrisUmaguing (Umaguing), daughter of Sps. Willie and Amelia Umaguing (complainants), for the SangguniangKabataan (SK) Elections, instituted before the Metropolitan Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 36 (MeTC), docketed as ELEC. CASE No. 07-1279.2
 
The Facts

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