BAGUIO CITY --The
Supreme Court declared Cabanatuan City Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC)
Branch 3 Judge Nelson Largo guilty of simple misconduct and fined him P11,000
after he figured in a parking controversy here October last year.
On Oct. 25,
2019, traffic enforcers from the Baguio Public Order and Safety Division (POSD)
led by Bernard Batnag removed license plate of Judge Largo's vehicle, which was
illegally parked vehicle here at Kayang Street inside the Baguio City Public
Market and issued a citation ticket.
But the judge on Oct. 28, 2019 issued a subpoena demanding Batnag and his colleagues to appear before him in his sala on Nov. 28, 2019 to explain why they should not be cited for contempt.
But the judge on Oct. 28, 2019 issued a subpoena demanding Batnag and his colleagues to appear before him in his sala on Nov. 28, 2019 to explain why they should not be cited for contempt.
Largo said time
he spent in retrieving his license plate caused delays in hearings and
processes of cases he was handling.
He argued e
only parked his vehicle for a short time after attending a security seminar in
Baguio City.
He was
heading back to Cabanatuan City when given the ticket.
The Supreme
Court gave weight to a letter from Mayor Benjamin Magalong informing the court
of the grievance of the city's traffic law enforcers.
The Baguio
City council in Nov. 2019 declared
Largo ‘persona non grata’ as it backed Batnag for issuing a citation
ticket for illegal parking in accordance with Ordinance No. 01, series of 2003
or the Baguio City Number Coding Scheme.
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