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Mayor QUI?ONES vs Judge Francisco Lopez Jr, MCTC, Lupon, Davao Oriental

MAYOR ARFRAN L. QUI?ONES, complainant, vs. JUDGE FRANCISCO H. LOPEZ JR., Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Lupon, Davao Oriental, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1428 | 2003-04-09

R E S O L U T I O N

VITUG, J.:

A letter-complaint was filed by Arfran L. Quiñones, Municipal Mayor of Lupon, Davao Oriental, before the Office of the Ombudsman about an alleged conspiracy among Judge Francisco H. Lopez, Jr., Atty. Francisco G. Geronilla and Manuel B. Guiñez in the improvident filing of the latter's certificate of candidacy. The Office of the Ombudsman referred to this Court the charge against Judge Lopez pursuant to the ruling in Maceda vs. Vasquez[1] to the effect that -

"Article VIII, Section 6 of the 1987 Constitution exclusively vests in the Supreme Court administrative supervision over all courts and...