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Floride Dawa, et al. vs. Judge De Asa

FLORIDE DAWA, NORALIZ L. JORGENSEN, FEMENINA LAZARO-BARRETO, complainants, vs. Judge ARMANDO C. DE ASA, Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 51, Caloocan City, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-98-1144 | 1998-07-22

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Armando C. de Asa, the presiding judge of Branch 51 and acting executive judge of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Caloocan City, was charged with "sexual harassment and/or acts of lasciviousness" in a letter-complaint 1 dated August 15, 1997, filed by Floride Dawa, 2 Femenina Lazaro-Barreto 3 and Noraliz L. Jorgensen. 4 In view of the allegations in the Complaint, this Court, in a Resolution dated December 10, 1997, placed respondent judge under preventive suspension; and referred the case to retired Justice Romulo S. Quimbo, a consultant of the Office of the Court Administrator, for investigation,...