An anti-crime and corruption group is urging the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation into what it described as a swift suspension of the Office of the Ombudsman against National Irrigation Administration administrator Benny Antiporda.
An anti-crime and corruption group is urging the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation into what it described as a swift suspension of the Office of the Ombudsman against National Irrigation Administration administrator Benny Antiporda.
“As an anti-corruption watchdog, we have been filing anti-graft and corruption cases before the Ombudsman for several years now. In the case against Mr. Antiporda, this is the first time we learned that the respondent has been suspended without the benefit of seeing the complaint first and even before he can file his counter-affidavit,” said Batalla.
“But in the case of Antiporda, why is it that the Ombudsman’s decision was so fast and yet, that there was no action on the cases he filed,” said Batalla.
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