Does the Office of the President have administrative and disciplinary jurisdiction over a deputy ombudsman? A Supreme Court decision dated Jan. 28, 2014 (G.R. ADVERTISEMENTThe administrative juridiction of the Office of the President’s administrative jurisdiction became an issue again with Malacañang’s decision to preventively suspending Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang. 6770 unconstitutional by granting disciplinary jurisdiction to the President over a Deputy Ombudsman, in violation of the independence of the Office of the Ombudsman,” the 2014 decision read. But the high court said Congress, in creating the provision, ignored the already existing checks and balance.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 29, 2018 14:29 UTC