Administrative Order No. 175




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Administrative Order No. 175, December 27, 1965 ] MODIFYING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 132-A DATED AUGUST 27, 1965, CONCERNING MUNICIPAL JUDGE RODOLFO S. AZANZA OF MANDAON, MASBATE Under Administrative Order No. 132-A dated August 27, 1965, Mr. Rodolfo S. Azanza was considered resigned and separated from office as municipal judge of Mandaon, Masbate, for gross negligence and inefficiency in the disposition and trial of cases in his court. Respondent filed a request for reconsideration on the ground that the penalty meted out to him was too severe for the offenses committed. Acting on the petition, the Acting Undersecretary of Justice recommends modification of the decision to suspension for six (6) months without pay, considering that none of the charges for which he was found guilty involves dishonesty; that from the time of the institution of this administrative case in 1959 until it was decided, respondent had never been complained against, which indicates that he is not beyond reform; and that he has more than 30 years of government service. Wherefore, and as recommended, Administrative Case No. 132-A dated August 27, 1965, is hereby modified in the sense that Mr. Azanza is merely suspended for six (6) months without pay, effective on November 29, 1965, the date he received a copy of Administrative Order No. 132-A.1aшphi1 Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five. (Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) RAMON A. DIAZ Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation