Urges SC to declare vacant all posts occupied by Duterte appointees By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Controversial figure Elly Pamatong on Wednesday, June 6, urged the Supreme Court to declare the election of President Rodrigo Duterte as chief executive as null, and to declare vacant the posts of his appointees. In filing the 6-page petition for quo warranto, Pamatong, who also ran for president at least two times and was tagged a nuisance candidate […]
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Supreme Court dismisses petitions seeking to declare Ombudsman post vacant
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 23, junked the consolidated petitions seeking to declare the position of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales vacant. In junking the petitions filed last year by lawyer Rey Nathaniel Ifurung and former Metro Rail Transit Line 3 general manager Al Vitangcol III, the SC said Article XI, Section 11 of the 1987 Constitution and Sections 7 and 8(3) of Republic Act 6770 provide that the Ombudsman is appointed to a seven-year […]





