{"id":173431,"date":"2018-07-26T22:37:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T02:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=173431"},"modified":"2018-08-03T02:22:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T06:22:55","slug":"duterte-appoints-martires-ombudsman-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/26\/duterte-appoints-martires-ombudsman-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte appoints Martires for ombudsman post"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte administers the oath of office for the newly-appointed Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Martires during a simple ceremony at the Music Room of Malaca\u00f1an Palace on March 8, 2017. (King Rodriguez\/Malacanang Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The President appointed Associate Justice Samuel Martires for the second time \u2013 this time for the Ombudsman post.<\/p>\n

Martires, whom President Rodrigo Roa Duterte once appointed in March last year to replace Jose Perez in the Supreme Court (SC), was now named to replace Conchita Carpio-Morales who retired last Wednesday, July 25. He was also the President\u2019s very first appointee to the High court.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a new Ombudsman. I signed the appointment of Justice Martires. He was strict in the Sandiganbayan, but he is bright and he is a fair man,\u201d Duterte said during the 69th<\/sup> anniversary of Ipil town in Zamboanga Sibugay on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He was referring to Martires\u2019s 12-year-stint as an Associate Justice in the anti-graft court.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng sabihin ko lang sa iyo<\/em> (The only thing I will tell you), and this is my statement, do what is right,\u201d he addressed Martires, saying that this is always his reminder for all his appointees.<\/p>\n

Duterte explained that he has no power to order the new Ombudsman since they belong to \u201cdifferent departments\u201d and they work independently.<\/p>\n

The new Ombudsman and the Chief Executive are fraternity brothers in Lex Talionis of the San Beda Law School.<\/p>\n

On July 17 this year, the SC unanimously recommended Martires to head the Office of the Ombudsman.<\/p>\n

SC\u2019s spokesperson Theodore Te said that he garnered 11 votes out of the 12 justices who were present in the session.<\/p>\n

[READ: SC recommends Martires for ombudsman post<\/a>]<\/p>\n

This, however, drew flak from the Group of Evangelical and Catholic theological educators.<\/p>\n

[READ: Group outraged over SC recommendation of Martires for Ombudsman<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\u201cTo appoint someone with such a history of enduring bias and questionable integrity violates the Constitutional mandate and purposely blurs its vision,\u201d the group\u2019s spokesperson, Dr. Annelle Sabanal said in a statement, following the SC\u2019s move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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