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Judge's Conduct and Language must be Beyond Reproach, in or out of duty. The Court also agrees that the respondent Judge should be admonished for the improper language in her Comment. As observed by the OCA, calling the complainant a "greedy and usurer Chinese woman," tagging her lawyer as "lazy and negligent" while branding her own clerk of court as "equally lazy and incompetent" is not language befitting the esteemed position of a magistrate of the law. A judge's personal behavior, not only while in the performance of official duties, must be beyond reproach, being the visible personification of law and of justice. Indeed, a judge should so behave at all times as to promote public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary. Propriety and the appearance of propriety are essential to the performance of all the activities of a judge. As such, the esteemed position of a magistrate of the law demands temperance, patience and courtesy both in conduct and in language. As subjects of constant public scrutiny, personal restrictions that might be viewed as burdensome by the ordinary citizen should be freely and willingly accepted by a judge. In particular, he or she must exhibit conduct consistent with the dignity of the judicial office. Thus, judges must bear in mind that their behavior must reaffirm the people's faith in the integrity of the judiciary, and that justice must not merely be done but must also be seen to be done. (CUA SHUK YIN vs. JUDGE PERELLO, A.M. No. RTJ-05-1961, November 11, 2005) Enter here for complete text. Download Supreme Court of the Philippines Jurisprudence here. Download Philippine Laws, Issuances and Circulars here. EO 52, PD 46, PD 1602, PD 1613, RA 7796, RA 7844, RA 7975, RA 8369, RA 8533, RA 8552,
RA 8559, RA 8560, RA 8791, RA 9225, RA 9255,
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