Guevarra reiterated that all public officials, including lawmakers, may be named in the criminal complaints that the Task Force Against Corruption would bring to the Office of the Ombudsman. Whoever will be implicated, it will not matter if they are outside the executive department. Using his “drug matrix,” the President had also named several judges and House members allegedly involved in narcotics. Paduano said the Ombudsman could always investigate cases filed against any House member, a department secretary or an ordinary government employee for that matter. He said someone had to first file a case against any allegedly corrupt member of the House.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 25, 2020 21:30 UTC