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Spouses Buffe vs. Sec. Gonzales etc.

SPOUSES EDWIN B. BUFFE AND KAREN M. SILVERIO-BUFFE, COMPLAINANTS, VS. SEC. RAUL M. GONZALEZ, USEC. FIDEL J. EXCONDE, JR., AND CONGRESSMAN ELEANDRO JESUS F. MADRONA, RESPONDENTS.

A.C. No. 8168 | 2016-10-12

D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO, ACTING CJ.:
 
The Case

Before this Court is a disbarment complaint filed by Spouses Edwin B. Buffe and Karen M. Silverio-Buffe (complainants) against former Secretary of Justice Raul M. Gonzalez,[1] former Undersecretary of Justice Fidel J. Exconde, Jr., and former Congressman Eleandro Jesus F. Madrona (respondents), for committing an unethical act in violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility, and the Lawyer's Oath, particularly the willful violation of Republic Act Nos. (RA) 6713, 3019, and civil service law and rules.
 
The Facts

The undisputed facts, as culled from the records, are as...