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| Filipino 'dwarf' judge loses case |
| 2006-08-20 |
| Hat tip: Lucianne.com A Philippines judge who said he consulted imaginary mystic dwarves has failed to convince the Supreme Court to allow him to keep his job. Florentino Floro was appealing against a three-year inquiry which led to his removal due to incompetence and bias. He told investigators three mystic dwarves - Armand, Luis and Angel - had helped him to carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers. The court said psychic phenomena had no place in the judiciary. The bench backed a medical finding that the judge was suffering from psychosis. The Manila trial judge had asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the complaint and return him to the bench, after being sacked in April. "They should not have dismissed me for what I believed," Mr Floro told reporters after filing his appeal in May. The judge said he had made a covenant with his dwarf friends that he could write while in a trance and that he had been seen by several people in two places at the same time. Judge Floro reportedly changed from blue court robes to black each Friday "to recharge his psychic powers". In a letter to the court he said: "From obscurity, my name and the three mystic dwarves became immortal." However, the Supreme Court said dalliance with dwarves would gradually erode the public's acceptance of the judiciary as the guardian of the law, if not make it an object of ridicule. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #6 Came up just a bit short... Hey, even dwarves started out small. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-20 21:53 |
| #5 Hey! This is serious stuff in the PI! http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2003/04/25/news/man.dies.after.offending.hostile.ansisit.html |
| Posted by: Janos Hunyadi 2006-08-20 21:24 |
| #4 So I guess this means the dwarves got tossed. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-08-20 13:32 |
| #3 I find Armand 'spot on' about 80% of the time. I seldom listen to the other two. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-20 11:09 |
| #2 "they told me it was a magical penis pump!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-20 11:06 |
| #1 Came up just a bit short... |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-08-20 10:47 |