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Illustration of Supreme Court voiding Duterte's dismissal of deputy ombudsman Carandang, awarding backwages and benefits.
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SC binasura ang pag-dismiss kay Carandang ng Duterte

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Binasura ng Korte Suprema ang utos ng dating pangulo Rodrigo Duterte na mag-dismiss kay Melchor Arthur Carandang bilang overall deputy ombudsman noong 2018. Pinagkalooban ng korte si Carandang ng backwages at retirement benefits hanggang katapusan ng kanyang termino noong 2020. Nagpasya ang Third Division ng SC noong Enero 29, 2026, na walang kapangyarihang disiplinahin ng pangulo ang deputy ombudsman.

Naglabas ng desisyon ang Third Division ng Korte Suprema noong Enero 29, 2026, na pinirmahan ni Associate Justice Maria Filomena Singh, na nagbasura sa petisyon ng Office of the President laban sa desisyon ng Court of Appeals noong 2021 at 2022. Ayon sa SC, walang administrative o disciplinary jurisdiction ang pangulo sa deputy ombudsman, batay sa Second Gonzales decision na nagdeklara ng unconstitutional ang Section 8(2) ng Republic Act No. 6770.

Nagsimula ang kaso mula sa mga pahayag ni Carandang sa media tungkol sa imbestigasyon sa yaman ni Duterte, na nagmula sa reklamo ni dating senador Antonio Trillanes IV noong Mayo 2016. Inakusahan siya ng graft, corruption, at betrayal of public trust ng OP noong Hulyo 30, 2018, na ipinatupad ni Ombudsman Samuel Martires noong Hunyo 14, 2019. Sinabi ng SC na ang mga pahayag ni Carandang, na gumamit ng 'baka' at 'siguro,' ay neutral at bahagi ng kanyang trabaho.

"The president possesses no administrative or disciplinary authority over a deputy ombudsman," ayon sa desisyon. Pinagkalooban din si Carandang ng salaries mula sa preventive suspension at dismissal hanggang 2020, pati retirement benefits. Sumang-ayon ang mga justices na si Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, Henri Jean Paul Inting, Samuel Gaerlan, at Japar Dimaampao.

Si dating Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales ay tumanggi ipatupad ang suspension noong 2018, na nagresulta sa kanyang tensyon kay Duterte. "I refused to implement the order as the president does not have disciplinary jurisdiction over Deputy Ombudsmen," ani Morales sa Rappler.

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