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Jesus A. Tapales vs. Macario Balcon

JESUS A. TAPALES, complainant, vs. HON. MACARIO BALCON, respondent.

A.M. No. 2269-MJ | 1981-08-10

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Complainant Jesus A. Tapales, President of the Lubang Electric Service Cooperative, Inc., Lubang, Occidental Mindoro, as a "concerned citizen and taxpayer," presented a verified Complaint dated September 7, 1979 charging respondent Municipal Judge Macario M. Balcon of Lubang, Occidental Mindoro, with "Gross Ignorance of Law and Abuse of Authority," and prayed that he be immediately suspended from office "in the interest of justice and of the oppressed public in general." Prior thereto, or on September 1, 1979, complainant had filed a similar complaint with the Office of the President, which was...