Sa isang press briefing noong Pebrero 22, si Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque ay nagbitaw ng ilang mga maling pahayag tungkol sa mga kapangyarihan ng Ombudsman at pagsisiyasat nito sa mga reklamo ng nakatagong kayamanan na isinampa laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
In the latest of a saga that dates back to the 2016 elections, at the center of which is the president’s alleged hidden wealth, Solicitor General Jose Calida revealed that the Office of the Ombudsman has “closed and terminated” the plunder complaint Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV filed against then Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
When then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte dismissed as “garbage” the exposé of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV during last two weeks of the election campaign abouthis bank deposits with the Bank of Philippine Islands, Julia Vargas branch, he thought probably that was the end of it.
There is something that defies common sense in the suspension by Malacanang of Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang for supposedly leaking to media confidential and alleged false information on President Rodrigo Duterte’s bank accounts September last year.
The one subject that drives Duterte up the wall is his alleged huge bank deposits first exposed by Sen. Trillanes in April 2016.
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE statement of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales that the plunder and graft case filed by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV against then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte is being investigated reassures those who are worried that the issue would be buried with the election of Duterte to the presidency. Many were afraid that
