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Hon Julieta Decena, et al vs Judge Nilo Malanyaon

HON. JULIETA A. DECENA, HON. VIRGILIO D. PONTANAL, HON. AMELITA A. IBASCO, HON. GERRY D. RA?A, HON. PEDRO N. MORA. JR., and HON. FERDINAND T. AGUILAR, Complainants, versus JUDGE NILO A. MALANYAON, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 32, Pili, Camarines Sur, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-02-1669 [Formerly OCA IPI No.00-961-RTJ] | 2004-04-14

R E S O L U T I O N

Tinga, J.:

The regular session of a municipal council was interrupted by a heckler in the audience hurling various accusatory remarks and insults at the council members. The heckler is a judge, the incident, the subject of this case.

On 26 May 2000, the Office of the Court Administrator received a Joint Affidavit-Complaint executed by various municipal officials of Bula, Camarines Sur. The affiants-complainants, Mayor Julieta A. Decena ("Decena"), Vice-mayor Virgilio D. Pontanal ("Pontanal"), and Councilors Amelita A. Ibasco ("Ibasco"), Gerry D. Raña ("Raña"), Pedro N. Mora, Jr. ("Mora"), and...