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Vicente Follosco And Hermilina Follosco vs Atty. Rafael Mateo

VICENTE FOLLOSCO and HERMILINA FOLLOSCO, complainants, vs. ATTY. RAFAEL MATEO, respondent.

A.C. No. 6186 | 2004-02-03

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

The present administrative complaint against Atty. Rafael Mateo was originally filed by the spouses Vicente and Hermilina Follosco with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) some time in 1994. In August of the same year, the CHR referred the complaint to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) for appropriate action. A complaint for disbarment, docketed as Administrative Case No. 4375, was also filed by the spouses Follosco against herein respondent, based on the same acts complained of in the present complaint.

The complaint was then raffled to Commissioner Pedro A. Magpayo, Jr.. After the...