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Same style, different face FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 05/03/2011

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Same style, different face

FRONTLINE
Ninez Cacho-Olivares
05/03/2011
Noynoy may end up with an Ombudsman who, in the end, may have the same fate as the resigned Ombudsman, Merceditas Gutierrez — especially if complaints against Noynoy’s allies and cronies are going to be sat upon by the new Ombudsman — as the new official will likely be protective of the Palace allies and cronies — to always be on the right side of the Malacañang tenant.

It has been proved after the resignation of Merci Gutierrez, that in the final analysis, even if the Office of the Ombudsman is a constitutional office, and with its chief having a guaranteed term of office, it is still the Malacañang tenant that can get the Ombudsman ousted — whether through impeachment or forced resignation through a barrage of presidential pressure, aided by full demonization of whoever it is that the vindictive Malacañang tenant wants ousted.

This is where the danger of the nation ever having an independent Ombudsman lies: Knowing that not toeing the presidential line can cost the Ombudsman his job — no matter the guarantees, it will be the President’s voice that the new Ombudsman will have to heed, which is why the presidential interference in such matters as impeachment proceedings, as well as constant demonization and extreme pressure for the constitutional officer to quit did nothing to strengthen the independence of constitutional offices and all other democratic institutions..... MORE

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