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SAMAHAN NG MGA BABAE SA HUDIKATURA (SAMABAHU), COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE CESAR O. UNTALAN, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 149, MAKATI CITY, RESPONDENT.

SAMAHAN NG MGA BABAE SA HUDIKATURA (SAMABAHU), COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE CESAR O. UNTALAN, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 149, MAKATI CITY, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. RTJ-13-2363 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 13-4149-RTJ) | 2015-02-25

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

VILLARAMA, JR., J.:
 
The present administrative case stemmed from an unsigned letter received by the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) on April 18, 2013, purportedly written by a group of female court employees styled as “Samahan ng mga Babae sa Hudikatura” (SAMABAHU).
The aforesaid letter charging respondent with sexual harassment reads:
 
April 5, 2013
 
Hon. Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno
Chief Justice
Supreme Court of the Philippines
P. Faura St., Manila
 
Ma’am,
 
Tulong po, marami po kaming kasamahang babae dito sa RTC, Makati na binabastos at hinihipuan sa SUSO, PUWET at...