Noy fires Merci’s deputy By Aytch S. de la Cruz 04/02/2011

OMBUDSMAN CRIES FOUL, SAYS DISMISSAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Noy fires Merci’s deputy

By Aytch S. de la Cruz 04/02/2011

President Aquino yesterday fired Deputy Ombudsman Emilio Gonzales III, seven months after he was recommended to be charged by the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) which looked into the botched Aug. 23, 2010 Manila bus hostage rescue that left eight tourists from Hong Kong dead and several others injured.

The decision came after Malacañang’s legal team, headed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr., completed its own review on the IIRC’s conclusions which found Gonzalez guilty of gross neglect of duty and gross misconduct in handling the concerns of the deceased hostage taker, Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed police officer.

Despite Malacañang’s order to dismiss the deputy Ombudsman from his post, this was ignored by the Office of the Ombdusman, citing that Gonzales had been investigated internally, and cleared of the charges, apart from which, it was also pointed out to the.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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