FIRST IN PHILIPPINE JUDICIAL HISTORY


The Supreme Court's Office of the Bar Confidant docketed as Disbarment Case A.C. No. 7663, and the Supreme Court raffled on

October 15, 2007

to the En Banc, Supreme Court, for

deliberation and issuance of Resolution the

Unprecedented and First Disbarment Case against a Senator of the Philippines, ever DOCKETED, meaning duly Numbered and raffled as a Full Blown Case,

Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr.'s 35-pages Disbarment Case against Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago.

This can be verified per

Tel. Nos.

(02) 523-6558 / 525-4058 / 524-9560 Office of the Clerk of Court, Supreme Court, Manila

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8242



http://judgefloropics.blogspot.com/2...isbarment.html


First Friday, October 05, 2007


A.M.# 07-09-13-SC - Indirect Contempt & Disbarment, Judge Floro vs. Sen. Miriam Santiago





REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
SUPREME COURT - En Banc - M A N I L A



In Re: “In the matter of the allegations in the column ‘Business Circuit,’ of Amado Macasaet in the September 18, 19, 20, and 21, 2007 issues of Malaya”



A.M. NO. A.M. No. 07-09-13-SC


For: Indirect Contempt (Section 3(d), Rule 71 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure).




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Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr.,
Complainant,

- versus - A.M. NO. __________

For: Indirect Contempt - Section 3 (c) & (d), Rule 71 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure), and Gross Misconduct, etc.

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago,
(Rm. 521-A 5th Flr., GSIS Bldg., Financial Center, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City)
Respondent.

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Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno,
Senior Associate Justice Leonardo A. Quisumbing,
and the MEMBERS, En Banc, SUPREME COURT,
Padre Faura, Manila


Verified Petition / Letter-Affidavit
[For Indirect Contempt of Court and Gross Misconduct, inter alia]
- with -
Urgent Motions –
To Allow Payment of Docket Fees (Duly Reserved), To Intervene in this Case, For Consolidation and For Immediate Docketing / Resolution


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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Office of the Bar Confidant
SUPREME COURT - En Banc - M A N I L A


Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr.,
Complainant,

- versus - A.C. NO. 7663


For: Disbarment (Rules 138, 139-B, )Rules of Court and Gross Misconduct.


Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago,
(Rm. 521-A 5th Flr., GSIS Bldg., Financial Center, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City)
Respondent.

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Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno,
Senior Associate Justice Leonardo A. Quisumbing,
and the MEMBERS, En Banc, SUPREME COURT,
Padre Faura, Manila



VERIFIED DISBARMENT COMPLAINT / LETTER-AFFIDAVIT
[Under Rules 138 & 139-B, Revised Rules of Court, inter alia]

With - Motions for PREVENTIVE SUSPENSION, Immediate Docketing and Early Resolution

http://online.wsj.com/public/article...f_main_tff_top



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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1189...psp_free_today




In the Philippines, Ex-Judge Consults Three Wee Friends








Mr. Floro Loses His Job
But Becomes a Celebrity;
Using a Little Elfin Magic

By JAMES HOOKWAY
September 17, 2007; Page A1

MANILA, Philippines -- As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year.

Case closed? Not in the Philippines, where vampires are said to prey on unwary travelers and wealthy politicians consult fortune tellers and card readers. Mr. Floro, 54 years old, has become a media celebrity. He is now wielding his new clout to campaign for the return of his job -- and exact vengeance on the Supreme Court.

Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. "Angel" is the neutral force, he says. "Armand" is a benign influence. "Luis," whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger.


Mr. Floro has become a regular on Philippine television. Often he is asked to make predictions with the help of his invisible friends. "They say your show will be taken off the air if you don't feature me more often," was Mr. Floro's reply to one interviewer.

The day after Mr. Floro's first appearance on television last year, hundreds of people turned up at his house in a dusty Manila suburb hoping he could use his supernatural powers to heal their illnesses. Now Mr. Floro, who travels by bus, is regularly recognized on the street.

The Supreme Court says its medical clinic determined that Mr. Floro was suffering from psychosis. Even so, a series of disturbing incidents appear to have the nation's top jurists rattled. According to local newspaper reports, a mysterious fire in January destroyed the Supreme Court's crest in its session hall, and a number of members of the court and their close family members have developed serious illnesses or have fallen victim to car accidents.

Enough bizarre things have happened that in July, the Supreme Court issued an en banc resolution asking Mr. Floro to desist in his threats of "ungodly reprisal." The Supreme Court's spokesman declined to elaborate.

Mr. Floro says he is not suffering from psychosis, and that he's not to blame for the incidents. He points the finger squarely at "king of kings" elf Luis, who Mr. Floro says is bent on cleaning up what he says is the Philippines' corrupt legal system.

Mr. Floro says he never consulted the invisible elves over judicial decisions and the fact that he puts faith in them should make no difference to his career. "It shouldn't matter what I believe in, whether it's Jesus, Muhammad, or Luis, Armand and Angel," he says in an interview.

The Philippines has a long history of mixing organized religion with a deep belief in the supernatural. During the 1950s and 1960s, when the Southeast Asian nation was already an independent republic, the Central Intelligence Agency stoked fears of vampires and ghouls to help its preferred candidates win elections.

The elf, or "duwende," is one of a rich pantheon of supernatural beings that predate the Philippines' colonization by Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century. Many Filipinos make pilgrimages to Mount Banahaw, just south of Manila, which is reputedly the country's capital for elves and other beings.

READ THE CASE


• Read the Philippines Supreme Court decision dismissing Mr. Floro from the service.Jaime Licauco, who teaches parapsychology at San Beda College in Manila, testified on behalf of Mr. Floro in a 2001 hearing. He argued Mr. Floro is mentally fit and argues the former judge's beliefs aren't so unusual in the Philippine context.

Like many others in the Philippines, Mr. Floro says he himself is a Roman Catholic, and once studied to be a priest. He recalls that he wasn't convinced that serving the church was necessarily the best way to serve other Filipinos. He says he thought he could improve more people's lives if he became a lawyer, and he handily passed the bar exams.



Write to James Hookway at james.hookway*awsj.com

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Judge Floro's Blog:

http://angelofdeathluisarmandandangel.blogspot.com/

Judge Floro's 27 Philippine TV documentaries on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=judge+floro

Judge Floro's Auto / Article User Page on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentino_Floro

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Florentino_floro

Judge Floro's 27 pages, 34, 000 views, 1, 400 replies Legendary thread on RUSH Counterparts Message Board:

http://www.rushmessageboard.com/cpmb...300&start=1300

Judge Floro's email and yahoo messenger:

judge_florentino_v_floro*yahoo.com