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Office of the President upholds dismissal of Deputy Ombudsman Carandang

(Eagle News)–The Office of the President has affirmed the dismissal of Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Carandang. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed this in a radio dzmm interview on Monday, June 3. According to Medialdea, the OP denied Carandang’s motion for reconsideration because it merely contained the same argument that the OP already found “unpersuasive” in an earlier decision. Carandang had contested the OP’s jurisdiction over his case. According to Medialdea, they  “also found his belated attempts […]