Filing of application for Ombudsman extended to May 15

The JBC is constitutionally mandated to screen and vet nominees to the President for vacant posts in the judiciary and the offices of the Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman (Photo: Office of the Ombudsman Philippines/Facebook)

The JBC is constitutionally mandated to screen and vet nominees to the President for vacant posts in the judiciary and the offices of the Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman.

MANILA — The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has extended the application period for those who want to become the next Ombudsman, to replace Conchita Carpio-Morales, who is set to retire on July 26.

In an announcement, Clerk of Court and JBC ex officio secretary, Edgar Aricheta, said the application period for the position has been extended to May 15 from May 2.

Morales, 76, a retired SC Associate Justice, was appointed by former president Benigno Aquino III as Ombudsman in 2011. She is the sister of lawyer Lucas Carpio Jr., husband of retired Court of Appeals (CA) associate justice, Agnes Reyes-Carpio.

Lucas and Agnes are the parents of lawyer Mans Carpio, husband of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.

The JBC said all applications and recommendations (with conforme), with two complete sets (one original/certified true copy and one duplicate photocopied on long bond paper) of the documentary requirements “must all be received by the JBC not later than 4:30 p.m. of 15 May 2018.”

“The date of actual receipt by the JBC of the applications and complete documentary requirements shall be deemed as the date of filing,” the announcement read.

“Qualifications of applicants shall be reckoned from the said deadline,” it added.

Among the 17 documents that the applicants should submit are their sworn statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) for years 2016 and 2017 in the case of applicants in government service, or for 2017 for those in the private sector; and their Income Tax Returns (ITR) or Certificates of Compensation Payment/Tax Withheld for 2016 and 2017.

They should also submit the results of the medical exams they have taken within six months prior to the deadline for filing of applications, namely their complete blood count, routine urinalysis, blood chemistry, electrocardiogram (12-lead), and the results of their routine chest X-ray (excluding X-ray films) conducted within one year prior to the deadline for filing of applications.

The JBC is constitutionally mandated to screen and vet nominees to the President for vacant posts in the judiciary and the offices of the Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman.