[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 23-2014, January 30, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 23-2014, January 30, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 23-2014, January 30, 2014 ]

TO : THE COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A DISTRICT COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURTS, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT : DISBARMENT OF ATTY. SALVADOR N. PE, JR.

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision of the Court En Banc dated 22 October 2013, in Administrative Case No. 6732, entitled "Atty. Oscar L. Embido, Regional Director, National Bureau of Investigation, Western Visayas, Regional Office (NBI- WEVRO), for San Pedro, lloilo City v. Atty. Salvador N. Pe, Jr., Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, San Jose, Antique", to wit:

"WHEREFORE, the Court FINDS AND PRONOUNCES ASST. PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR SALVADOR N. PE, JR. guilty of violating Rule 1.01 of Canon 1, and Rule 7.03 of Canon 7 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, and DISBARS him effective upon receipt of this decision.

The Court DIRECTS the Bar Confidant to remove the name of ASST. PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR SALVADOR N. PE, JR. from the Roll of Attorneys.

This decision is without prejudice to any pending or contemplated proceedings to be initiated against ASST. PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR SALVADOR N. PE, JR."

Respondent received on 6 December 2013 the said Decision as shown in the Registry Return Receipt No. 13852.

30 January 2013

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator