Inquirer
MANILA – Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has moved to disqualify the Office of the Ombudsman from investigating him over the alleged flood control controversy, warning that the probe is tainted by a “pattern of prejudgment” that violates due process. In a four-page letter dated April 22, Romualdez’s lawyers argued that public statements by Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla and his officials show that a prosecution for plunder had effectively been decided in advance despite the absence of a formal complaint or preliminary investigation. “There is a reasonable impression that the Ombudsman has already resolved to prosecute our client,” lawyers […]... Keep on reading: Flood control probe: Romualdez seeks Ombudsman inhibition
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