{"id":121416,"date":"2017-10-04T22:02:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T02:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=121416"},"modified":"2017-10-04T22:02:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T02:02:23","slug":"duterte-to-file-impeach-raps-vs-ombudsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/04\/duterte-to-file-impeach-raps-vs-ombudsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte to file impeach raps vs Ombudsman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales (Photo: Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said the government would file impeachment cases against Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales for possession of \u201cillegally obtained\u201d documents and selective justice.<\/p>\n

“We will file an impeachment case against her and I would tend to believe she was part of the conspiracy …\u00a0iyong<\/em>\u00a0fabricated papers,” Duterte said in a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Ombudsman has started a fact-finding investigation into the wealth of the President and his family based on a complaint filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accusing Duterte of having PHP2.2 billion in \u201chidden wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang, who was in charge of the case after Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales inhibited herself from cases involving the Duterte family, earlier said that the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) provided the Ombudsman office on Duterte’s alleged multi-billion peso wealth.<\/p>\n

Morales is the aunt of lawyer Manases Carpio, the husband of presidential daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.<\/p>\n

The AMLC, however, categorically denied that it provided the Office of the Ombudsman with a report on the bank records of President Duterte and his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember\u00a0na walang<\/em>\u00a0AMLC clearance.\u00a0So walang<\/em>\u00a0statement\u00a0dapat lumabas kay sa<\/em>\u00a0may<\/em>\u00a0billion\u00a0ako o piso lang galing diyan sa<\/em>\u00a0Central Bank. I said to her chagrin, she will realize that\u00a0hindi siya dapat pumasok diyan lalo na<\/em>\u00a0if the evidence is illegal,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Duterte said it was Trillanes who obtained the spurious bank accounts from a certain \u201cAbad\u201d who he said is the senator\u2019s mistress.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt ang lumabas doon nagpindot, pagbukas ng account ko, si<\/em>\u00a0Abad, who is the mistress of Trillanes, then gave it to Trillanes. Trillanes computed it on a daily basis. In- out, in-out, in-out.\u00a0\u2018Yung<\/em>\u00a0credit,\u00a0\u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0debit\u00a0wala na kaya ganun lumaki<\/em>,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

The President said Trillanes then gave the records to Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao Rodolfo Elman, who in turn gave it to Morales.<\/p>\n

Duterte said Morales is just part of the concerted effort of the Left and the so-called \u201cDilaw\u201d to remove him in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n

“But, I will show to the Republic that we have a very serious problem with our government officials. You have an official na Ombudsman na part of, \u2018yung fabrication and the use of falsified documents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President said he would present his real bank records at the impeachment trial against Morales to prove her Office held falsified documents.<\/p>\n

“You have to prove it is fabrication,” Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Duterte also accused Morales for exercising \u201cselective justice,\u201d citing Senator Gregorio \u201cGringo\u201d Honasan as her latest victim.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe berates people for a delay of justice and yet, the Ombudsman is the number one who’s doing the selective justice. And the latest victim was Gringo Honasan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Ombudsman has filed graft charges against Honasan over the alleged irregular procurement of projects worth PHP30 million released under his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not start this ruckus.\u00a0Ang problema, nagpadamay sila kay<\/em>\u00a0Trillanes. It\u2019s Trillanes who will bring this government or this country down to the dogs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President said that what is happening now all started with Trillanes during the campaign period when the senator accused Duterte of having millions of pesos of unexplained wealth.<\/p>\n

Then Mayor Duterte said that if he has that amount, he would withdraw his candidacy for the Presidency.<\/p>\n

He said he dismissed the accusations then as mere black propaganda that is normal during an election period.<\/p>\n

\u201cHanggang ngayon. Eh \u2018di gidamay niya si<\/em>\u00a0Ombudsman. Ang Ombudsman\u00a0nagpagamit. Ayan, patay na. Magkakaso-kaso sila ngayon<\/em>,\u201d Duterte said.\u00a0(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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