Ombudsman Samuel Martires insisted that they have not seen any actions carried out by Vice President Sara Duterte that were worth investigating.
“As far as we are concerned right now, we have not seen any acts of the vice president to investigate. Well, we do not find anything that is in violation of the Antigraft and Corrupt Practices Act,” said Martires in an interview
Martires also warned Department of Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Jesse Andres to keep talking in the cases their agency may file against Duterte.
According to the Ombudsman, they have the power to take over any investigation that DOJ may conduct against the Vice President.
“If in the opinion of Usec. Andres we have that power, I would advise Usec. Andres to shut up. Even if the NBI is now investigating the acts of the Vice President, if we feel that it is now within the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman, we can tell the NBI, stop it, we will continue with the investigation,” said Martires.
Meanwhile, Andres said that he would try to reach the Ombudsman as he believed that there was a miscommunication between their offices.
It can be recalled that DOJ was studying the charges they may file against VP Duterte.