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OCA CIRCULAR NO. 178-2024

TO : ALL JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL, AS WELL AS COURT

USERS, OF THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL COURTS

SUBJECT: MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 72-2024 DATED 19 JUNE 2024

(RE: CREATING THE JUDICIARY INTEGRITY EMAIL)

For the information and guidance of all concerned, quoted herein.

and appended as Annex "A", is the Memorandum Order No. 72-2024 dated
19 June 2024. issued by Acting Chief Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, relative to
the creation of the Judiciary Integrity Email:

MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 72-2024

CREATING THE JUDICIARY INTEGRITY EMAIL

As a commitment to rid our courts of all forms of corruption. the

email addressintegrity@judiciary.gov.phis hereby created for the
public to send actionable information relating to any violation of our
laws against graft and corruption, our Code of Judicial Responsibility.
and related laws and issuances by any judge. justice. or court personnel
at any level.

This includes, but is not limited to:

(a) extortion of money. gift. or favor from any litigant or counsel

of any party to influence a court case or court process;

(b) extortion of money. gift. or favor from any litigant or counsel

for the service of any process. including warrants. summons. and writs
of execution;

(c) extortion of money, gift. or favor from any litigant or counsel

for any activity of judges. justices or court personnel;

(d) extortion of money. gift. or favor to gain inside information as

to the progress of any case. including the name of the ponente in any
appellate court including the Supreme Court; and

(e) names and activities of any influence peddler who claims to be

able to obtain favors in any court.
Re: Memorandum Order No. 72-2024 dated 19 June 2024 (Re: Creating the Judiciary Integrity Email)

The email address will be accessible to the Committee on Ethics

of the Supreme Court which is chaired by the Chief Justice with the
Senior Associate Justice as working vice chairperson.

In the alternative. any complaint can be confidentially

communicated directly to the Chief Justice. the Senior Associate Justice.
or any Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

Whistleblowers with credible information will be given the

proper protection by the Court. Lawyers who participate. advise. or
tolerate any form of corruption shall be dealt with severely.

The public is advised that actionable information is often used as

basis to set up entrapment actions to rid the court of undesirable
elements. Therefore. posting on social media or on any public platform
prematurely can undermine our ability to arrest and prosecute.

This memorandum order should be posted prominently in all

courts and halls of justice.

Do not test the resolve and commitment of the Chief Justice and
all the justices of the Supreme Court to ensure integrity in the
Judiciary.

Many of our people suffer. For many of them. the judiciary is

their last resort.

We cannot fail them.

June 19. 2024.

For the Court.

(signed)
MAR VIC M.V.F. LEONEN
Acting Chief Justice
Per 5.0. No. 3097

All Executive Judges and Presiding Judges are DIRECTED to ensure

that the subject Memorandum is posted prominently in all bulletin boards
and available public posting spaces within the premises of the courts and
halls of justice.

20 June 2024

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MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 72 - 2024

CREATING THE JUDICIARY lNTEGRITY EMAIL

As a commitment to rid our courts of all forms of corruption, the email

address integ!iD:_@i!Jdiciarv -gov-r~lJ_ is hereby created for the public to send
actionable information relating to any violation of our laws against graft and
corruption, our Code of Judicial Responsibility, and related laws and issuances by
any judge, justice, or court personnel at any level.

This includes, but is not limited to:

(a) extortion of money, gift, or favor from any litigant or counsel of any
party to influence a court case or court process;

(b) extortion of money, gift, or favor from any litigant or counsel for the
service of any process, including warrants, summons, and writs of execution;

(c) extortion of money, gift, or favor from any litigant or counsel for any
activity of judges, justices or court personnel;

(d) extortion of money, gift, or favor to gain inside information as to the

progress of any case, including the name of the ponente in any appellate court
including the Supreme Court; and

(e) names and activities of any influence peddler who claims to be able to
obtain favors in any court.

The email address will be accessible to the Committee on Ethics of the

Supreme Court which is chaired by the Chief Justice with the Senior Associate
Justice as working vice chairperson.

In the alternative, any complaint can be confidentially communicated

directly to the Chief Justice, the Senior Associate Justice, or any Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court. (
 Whistleblowers with credible information will be given the proper protection
by the Court. Lawyers who participate, advise, or tolerate any form of corruption
shall be dealt with severely.

The public is advised that actionable information is often used as basis to set
up entrapment actions to rid the court of undesirable elements. Therefore, posting
on social media or on any public platform prematurely can undermine our ability to
arrest and prosecute.

This memorandum order should be posted prominently in all courts and halls
of justice.

Do not test the resolve and commitment of the Chief Justice and all the
justices of the Supreme Court to ensure integrity in the Judiciary.

Many of our people suffer. For many of them, the Judiciary is their last
resort.

We cannot fai I them.

June 19,2024.

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Acting Chief Justice
Per S.O. No. 3097