[ B.M. No. 979. March 22, 2000]

IN RE 1999 BAR EXAMINATIONS.

CONTINUATION OF SPECIAL EN BANC SESSION

Gentlemen:

Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated MAR 22 2000.

B.M. No. 979 (In Re 1999 Bar Examinations.)

In its Resolution adopted on 19 March 2000 at the special en banc session began in Manila, the Court stated that said Resolution "is without prejudice to any further action that the Court may deem appropriate to take under the premises."

Resuming its en banc session in Baguio City on 21 March 2000 and today, 22 March 2000, the Court heard the explanation of Mr. Justice Fidel P. Purisima for his failure to seasonably disclose to the Court, as Chairman of the 1999 Bar Examinations Committee, the fact that his nephew, son of an older brother, was one of the examinees in the 1999 Bar Examinations. Mr. Justice Purisima admitted the lapse which he considered as an "error of judgment" and, for this reason, expressed his deepest apology to the Court.

Thereafter, the Court excused Mr. Justice Purisima from the session hall, and after due deliberation, and taking into account the apology of Mr. Justice Purisima, RESOLVED as follows:

1.�������� To CENSURE, as it hereby CENSURES, Mr. Justice Fidel P. Purisima for his failure to disclose on time his relationship to an examinee and for breach of duty and confidence; and

2.�������� To DECLARE, as it hereby DECLARES, forfeited fifty percent (50%) of the fees due him as former Chairman of the 1999 Bar Examinations Committee.

Davide, Jr., C.J., Bellosillo, Melo, Puno, Vitug, Kapunan, Mendoza, Panganiban, Quisumbing, Pardo, Buena, Gonzaga-Reyes, Ynares-Santiago, De Leon, Jr., JJ., concur.

Purisima, J., no part.

Very truly yours,

LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO

Clerk of Court

(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA

Asst. Clerk of Court


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