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DATU INOCENCIO C. SIAWAN vs JUDGE AQUILINO A. INOPIQUEZ, JR.

DATU INOCENCIO C. SIAWAN, complainant, vs. JUDGE AQUILINO A. INOPIQUEZ, JR., respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-95-1056 | 2001-05-21

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a complaint filed by Datu Inocencio Siawan against Judge Aquilino A. Inopiquez, Jr. of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Kananga-Matag-ob, Leyte, for gross ignorance of the law, gross abuse of power, and misconduct in connection with the latter's handling of a criminal case and two election cases for inclusion of voters. Originally, two identical complaints against respondent were filed. The first was referred to this Court by the Department of Justice, the National Bureau of Investigation, the Commission on Elections, and the Government Service Insurance System, while the second one, O.C.A.I.P.I....