Sandiganbayan Instead of a prison term ranging from 20 to 40 years for the crime of plunder, retired Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia, former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of a lesser offense of direct bribery with jail term of four t
EXPLAINER: Naming of resident ombudsman says Mike ‘means business to put things in order.’ It’s good PR, also used by Tomas, to signify shunning of corruption. But mayor just nominates, doesn’t appoint.
EXPLAINER: Naming of resident ombudsman says Mike 'means business to put things in order.' It's good PR, also used by Tomas, to signify shunning of corruption. But mayor just nominates, doesn't appoint.
Published June 1, 2021, 2:14 PM
Supreme Court (SC)
The Supreme Court (SC) has declared that the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), the government’s law office, “has no power of control or supervision” over the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB), an independent constitutional body.
It also said that the OSG’s authority to represent the government is not plenary or all-encompassing as it pointed out that the mandate to represent the government before the Sandiganbayan generally lies with the OMB.
With its declaration, the SC dismissed the petition filed by the OSG which challenged the plea bargaining agreement in 2010 between the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of the OMB and retired Maj. Gen.Carlos F. Garcia, former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).