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Sir'/Maclaur:The Civil Service Comrnission, Regional Otfice No.L
promulgatecl on_ f-it--t": J ?-2{Jlf-_-, the attachecl Decision
No.2011-135 on tire above-entitlecl case, tiredispositive portion
of whicl'r reads as follbws
'WHEIIEFOI{E, Ttrenrises consitl.arerl, llrc ntltninisl.rnLipe
compl.nirLtngnhLst Jose A. I3onifncio is lu:reLry DtrSMISSED for
lnclc oJ'printn fn.cie cnse."The original copy of saicl l)ecision
is now on file witl-r this Office.
Iiil:l-f 3-? ?ffif il- , San ]rernar-rrlo City, La Union.Very
tluly yours,
AT'TY. D. UNITE
Ctt1tr1 .litntishci:Ms. CI-IIUSTIANNF, C. SUCUITANProvincitrl
A,o,rtr rian Refol m Of licerIlocos Nor:te Plovjrrcial Agra.r:ian
Ilel'ornt OfIiceLaoag City, 2900 Ilocos Nortt:
Mr.IOSE A. IIONIITACIO ,Ilocos Norte Plovirrcial Aglariarr
l(eform OfficeLa.ot-rg City,2900 Ilocos Nolte
l)ilector IV
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DECISIONClhristianne C. Suguilan, Provincjal Agrarian Ilefor.m
officel of Ilocos NorLc:Prorziirciarl Agraliau Reform Office,
filecl an aclnrir-ristraLive colnplai't aaai'st
Josc.lionil'arcic-r, Agr:alialr Ilelorm PrograLl'1'echnologist of
sar le office, for Gross l)liscour:resy.
. S.lguilan allegerl, alrons others, the fc.illowir-rg:"C)tt' 05
JLrly 2011, ttry tt.f'f:rt-a corrltrt'lctl rt Prc-Rez,iaru ntLrl
Plnrtrting Sessiort ril Ilrcllrc siutte;
to Ilrc propricty o.f, ptrriltrrses o.f o.flice srtltplies;
o
t:ottsirlering tltnt lrc lnd n;rltnilLe d lo l:1rc
fitcl;oJ.'[ica ntrtl po.sitiotr nnd iu lltc ltresuLca of rtll i],,
purrn,,,tel irr, nllertrlntlr-a, slrcrtlcrJnl ilre tlru
.[ol.loruitrg ruords: "GINAC;A[c]lo Mo A'Ko!G-Llsl-o MoNG
pAG-{-1S,4p,4N NA N.4?lN ].,AttAT. NGAyOAi A/A. CjGE,,I_CONyEAJI.
A40 NAAA/G Cllt/EVANC[:, CAMMI-\'7'E,[]" nntl sirtutll:rutaortsly
stooil rrlt rrrrd pttslrcrllmrt! llrc rntttro^blocli tlrnir lrc
rutts sanlerl nI;,, (llrors untljlturbecl)'Suguitar-i suburil'l'cc1
the joir-rL afficlavit of Marie lilorence M. pacial ancl
Ma.lisperanza V. Manuel to suppor.t hel allegatior-rs.Or-i
SepteLlrber 9, 2077, ilonifarcio submittecl his
cor,rnler-elfficlavjt-, the pertinentportions of whicl-r r"eacl as
1tollows: tu*O*"'1'hnl ttt nbrttrl l:00 o'clttck itt !1rc
nflarrtoon, sonrt: o.[ rty co-atr[tloyae.s strtrtcr,l
"'l-lrttt !tt ttty tslt-ttrishttrt'rtt ntd zuillrott!.
axStat:!ttliort, I lranrt] A LO;;D VOIU_:cnllLltg Ittt/ Htuu( rrnil
ttllt:ratl lltc.lbllort,irtg: "O IOIiO AA/Lt NA NAMAA/
yOA/P/A/,AGKAKA],AT A4O DI1-O A/A AA'AY MGA G/1OS7' PL/RCII/AS1]]
SAstilatnanls x:tx.
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"TImt tlrc conrplainnnt nnszuered nu1 request not in her
professionnl soft ztoice bysaying:'DITO NA/ D/TO NA!" xxx."Thnt
from the nctuntion of the cornplninant, I felt slrc placed me in n
limelight toa shameful stand, by letting me rtiezued by *y
officemate being castigated.Despernte to be felt, I felt humiliated
for tlrc sirnple reason that I injured no one asI hatte been
prudent enough in my rttork xxx,t! \,LX)i"TImt because of the
contplninnnt pusistent clnntoi to nslced those things, Isuggesterl
to tlrc cornplninnnt ruith the folloruing stntentents: 'OK
MAAM,KUNG GUSTO MO PAG-USAPAI/ NA NATIN LAH.AT, WE HAVE TOCOTVYENE
A GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE, I MAY ASK THE PRESENCEOF OUR MARO
PRESIDENT,' Hence, DENYING thnt I slnuted nt her and nozoords of
'GINAGAGO MO AKO'Xxx." (Elrors undisturbed)Suguitau, Pacial, and
Manuel appeared during the prelirninary investigationheld on
October 18,2011., and were individually and separately interviewed.
".y'',,,'Suguitan affirmed the statements in her affidavit, She
mentionetl that she alsofiled a criminal complaint for Unjust
Vexation against Bonifacio, an
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Citing Webster Dictionary, the Commission.defined Discourtesy in
the case ofEspina, Didith R., csc Resolution No. 98-2991, Novembter
16,lggl,as follows:"Discourtesy is defined ns inciuiJity; itl
m(tnners; rucleness of belmuior orInngunge; ni inryoliie act." r
-In the instant case, the rliscourteous act alleged to have been
comrnitted byBonifacio is that he shoute,J "Ginngngo mo nko!" at
Suguitan while simultaneo,rrly
standing up and 'lpuslinghard" the cliair he was seated at.
JHowever, whether Bonifacio really shouted at Suguitan is doubtful
since pacialand Manuel, Suguitan's witnesses themselves, manifested
during the preliminar;,investigation that no shouting occurrecl. At
tlie very least, Bonifacio just fairly elevateihis voice.This
Office is likewise not convinced that Bonifacio uttered the worcls
" Ginagagomo nlo!" Tl-rib was not testified to by Suguitan's
witnesses in their joint affidavit. In iait,during the preliminary
investigation, Pacial saicl that she ciid ,-,oi h"u, the exchange
ofwords between Bonifacio and Suguitan as she was not near the two,
while Manuel-alsostated the she was not able to hear the exact
words mentioned by Bonifacio.'.Although a small disturbance
happened due.to the sound createcl by the slightramrning of
Bonifacio's monoblock cliair- to the floor, it was not shown that
this wasintentional on his part. Manuel, cluring the prelirninary
investigabion, cannot clescribeexactly how the chair rammed to the
floor.. Bonifacio explainedlhat a rolled documenton his back pocket
was caught by the hole in the chair, and when he tried to
removesaid documents, the chair was draggecl. Thus, contrary to
wha't Suguitan alleged,Bonifacio did not push harcl his chair,In
administrative proceedings, the burclen of proof that respondent
commiLtedthe act complained of rests on the cornplainant (Ong v.
Rosete, +af SCna f SO;. In theinstant case, Suguitan failed to
adduce primn fncie evi
