Omb. Martires, wala raw nakikitang aksyon ni VP Sara na dapat imbestigahan sa ngayon

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EXCLUSIVE: Wala raw nakikita sa ngayon ang Ombudsman na aksyon ni Vice President Sara Duterte na dapat imbestigahan, ayon kay Ombudsman Samuel Martires. May buwelta rin siya sa opisyal ng Justice department na nagsasabing dapat disiplinahin ng Ombudsman ang bise presidente.

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00:00Vice President Sara Duterte's Ombudsman's action is not being seen as of yet.

00:06It should be investigated according to Ombudsman Samuel Martirez.

00:12He also has a vote from the official of the Justice Department

00:16that says that the Ombudsman should discipline the Vice President.

00:21Joseph Morong is on the case.

00:23Exclusive!

00:25The Office of the Ombudsman is also checking if Vice President Sara Duterte's vote

00:31against President Bongbong Marcos is worthy of their action.

00:36According to Ombudsman Samuel Martirez,

00:38this can only be done by his staff

00:40if the actions of the Vice President are done as part of his job.

00:46But for now...

00:47As far as we are concerned right now,

00:50we have not seen any acts of the Vice President that we should investigate.

00:54Well, we do not find anything that is in violation of one,

00:57the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act,

01:00of any of the offenses in the revised penal code

01:02that is in relation to the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

01:05According to Justice Undersecretary Jess Andres,

01:10Vice President Sara Duterte also has the power to discipline and investigate the Ombudsman.

01:15Martirez said that if Andres will force the Ombudsman to investigate...

01:20I would advise Jose Andres to shut up.

01:25To stop talking about the case

01:27because one of the powers of the Ombudsman

01:30is to take over the investigation of a case

01:34of any government investigative agency

01:38at any stage of the proceedings.

01:40Martirez reminded Andres that section 15 of Republic Act 6770

01:46or Ombudsman Act of 1989

01:48has the power of the Ombudsman to investigate and prosecute

01:52any public officer, employee, employee of an agency

01:56and it can take over the investigation of any government agency.

02:02For example, right now, she's being investigated for ETA,

02:05Anti-Terror Law and Grave Threats.

02:08If the nature of the investigation is like that, can you take over?

02:12If we find that the Grave Threats is committed in relation to office,

02:16are these Grave Threats done in relation to the performance of her duties as Vice President?

02:22If not, that would be personal.

02:24And we have no jurisdiction over these things.

02:28We are listening to the statement of the Department of Justice.

02:32According to Ombudsman Martirez, aside from the investigation of the NBI and DOJ,

02:36the Ombudsman can also take over the investigation of the camera

02:40of Vice President Duterte.

02:42The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability

02:46will use P650 million as confidential fund

02:51of the Office of the Vice President at the Department of Education.

02:54If we feel that we have jurisdiction over these cases,

03:00we can request Congress to please stop and we'll take over the investigation of the case.

03:05We can do that, but as a matter of courtesy,

03:08we belong to different departments, branch of government.

03:11As a matter of courtesy, we'll tell Congress.

03:14The chairman of the committee, Rep. Joe Alchua,

03:18said that this is not an investigation for a criminal case.

03:22For us, this is in aid of legislation.

03:24The nature of our case is in aid of legislation.

03:28That's why it's different.

03:30He also added that HECO-TIBO and LESLA-TIBO also have separation of powers.

03:34The father of Vice President, former President Rodrigo Duterte,

03:37appointed Martirez first in the Supreme Court as Associate Justice in 2017.

03:43In 2018, he was appointed as Ombudsman.

03:45If the Ombudsman takes over the investigation of the son of the former President,

03:50it's not because of his debt.

03:53I had never been close to President Duterte.

03:56I'm not close to the President.

03:58Never had been close to the President.

04:00During the six years term of the President,

04:04you can check the logbook of Malacanang how many times I've been there.

04:08For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong,

04:11for 24 Hours.

Omb. Martires, wala raw nakikitang aksyon ni VP Sara na dapat imbestigahan sa ngayon | 24 Oras

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