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Saturday, February 24, 2018
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MANILA — A group of lawyers has asked the Office of the President (OP) to “bodily or physically” remove Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang from office or restrain him from exercising his duty for refusing to serve his 90-day suspension.
In a joint motion filed before the OP yesterday, lawyers Manuelito Luna, Jacinto Paras, Glenn Chong, and Eligio Mallari urged the OP to use “necessary and reasonable force” to impose the preventive suspension versus Carandang.
Paras said another reason for filing the joint motion was Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales’ refusal to implement the OP’s suspension order which she claims is unconstitutional.
On Jan. 29, Malacañang slapped Carandang with a 90-day preventive suspension for grave misconduct and grave dishonesty after he made public the bank documents of President Rodrigo Duterte and his family.
Paras said Carandang “divulged falsely” the purported bank records which the Overall Deputy Ombudsman had claimed were taken from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC).
“But later on it was denied by AMLC,” Paras told the media.
Since no temporary restraining order was issued by the court, Duterte can order enforcement agencies like the Philippine National Police to implement their joint motion to physically remove Carandang from office, according to the complainants.
They also suggested that “contingents of enforcers may be stationed” at the Office of the Ombudsman premises to prevent Carandang “from returning to his office and make a mockery of the process.”
Carandang led the investigation into Duterte’s alleged ill-gotten wealth. (PNA)
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