PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte announced on Thursday, July 26, he has signed the appointment of Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Samuel R. Martires as the new Ombudsman, a day ahead of Conchita Carpio-Morales’s scheduled retirement Friday.
The President made the announcement during his speech at the 69th charter anniversary of Ipil town, Zamboanga Sibugay.
“We have a new Ombudsman. I signed the appointment of Justice Martires,” Mr. Duterte said of the SC justice who is due to retire next year yet.
On Thursday morning, Presidential Spokesperson Harry L. Roque, Jr., said the Palace had just received from the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) the list of nominees for the next Ombudsman.
JBC’s shortlist also included retired Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice G. Edilberto Sandoval and lawyer Felito Ramirez. — A.L. Balinbin
