{"id":276764,"date":"2020-11-27T03:04:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=276764"},"modified":"2020-11-27T03:04:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:04:41","slug":"duterte-names-ex-lawyer-new-overall-deputy-ombudsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/27\/duterte-names-ex-lawyer-new-overall-deputy-ombudsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte names ex-lawyer new Overall Deputy Ombudsman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malaca\u00f1ang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang Park, Manila on November 17, 2020. TOTO LOZANO\/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed his former legal consultant Warren Rex Hernandez Liong to the second-highest position in the Office of the Ombudsman.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed Liong\u2019s appointment as Overall Deputy Ombudsman (ODO) in a statement on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Palace confirms that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has signed the appointment of Mr. Warren Rex Hernandez Liong as Overall Deputy Ombudsman, Office of the Ombudsman, on November 24, 2020, for a term of seven years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Prior to his appointment, Liong was a director at the Department of Budget and Management Procurement Services (DBM-PS).<\/p>\n

Liong served as Duterte\u2019s lawyer from August 2010 to June 2013, when the latter was Davao City vice mayor.<\/p>\n

He is also former associate at law firm Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices (ACCRALAW).<\/p>\n

Liong also gave legal advice to Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod, Duterte’s local political party in Davao City.<\/p>\n

He earned his degree in accountancy degree from De La Salle University in 1999. He studied law at Ateneo de Davao University and graduated in 2006.<\/p>\n

Liong replaces Melchor Arthur Carandang whom Duterte dismissed in 2018 after he was found liable for graft and corruption, and betrayal of public trust.<\/p>\n

Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao, Liong\u2019s boss at DBM-PS, also applied for the ODO vacancy but eventually withdrew.<\/p>\n

Roque expressed hope that Liong would be \u201cup to the task\u201d to accomplish his mandate as Overall Deputy Ombudsman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chief Executive in numerous occasions espoused the values of transparency, accountability and efficiency. We are confident that Mr. Liong similarly share these ideals as our quest for good governance remains unyielding and uncompromising,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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