We now have no jurisdiction to probe VP Duterte’s threats

FILE PHOTO: Ombudsman Samuel Martires. INQUIRER FILES

MANILA, Philippines — Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Sunday mentioned his workplace has “no jurisdiction” to probe Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged kill menace towards President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his spouse, and Home Speaker Martin Romualdez ought to she be assassinated.

Martires made the clarification when requested in regards to the assertion of Division of Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Jesse Andres that Duterte “is just not immune from go well with and she or he may be topic of any felony and administrative case” and that it’s throughout the Ombudsman’s authority to behave on this matter.

“To us within the Workplace of the Ombudsman, it is a deceptive assertion — a disinformation to the general public — that the actual utterances of Vice President Sara Duterte na ipapatay ang presidente, asawa ng president, and speaker of the Home ay parang sinasabi ni Andres na meron kaming jurisdiction to analyze administratively and criminally. That is disinformation as a result of these utterances of the vp are non-public in character, private sa kanya so wala kaming jurisdiction doon,” Martires defined in a radio interview over dzBB.

(To us within the Workplace of the Ombudsman, it is a deceptive assertion — a disinformation to the general public — that the actual utterances of Vice President Sara Duterte to kill the president, his spouse, and the speaker of the Home, it appeared like Andres is saying that now we have jurisdiction to analyze administratively and criminally. That is disinformation as a result of Duterte’s utterances are non-public in character, it’s private so now we have no jurisdiction there.)

He defined that the Ombudsman primarily probes circumstances dedicated below the Republic Act (RA) 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and offenses below the Revised Penal Code associated to RA 3019.

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“We will additionally examine offenses dedicated in relation to workplace. Dito sa specific threats na ito is that this dedicated are these utterances in relation to the Workplace of the Vice President? Yun ang tanong don eh,” Martires identified.

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(On this specific threats, are these utterances dedicated in relation to the Workplace of the Vice President? That’s the query there.)

He additionally addressed reviews seemingly indicating a misunderstanding between the Workplace of the Ombudsman and the DOJ, significantly his “shut up” comment towards Andres.

“Might qualifier na kung sa opinion ni Usec. Andres meron kaming jurisdiction, pakiusap ko lang tumahimik ka para kami ang mag-take over sa investigation dahil kapag kami nag-imbestiga tahimik lang kami,” he mentioned.

(There’s a qualifier that if in Usec. Andres’ opinion now we have jurisdiction, we ask him to close up and we are going to take over as a result of we examine quietly.)

“Di kami nakikipag-away. Nasaktan lang kami parang pinangungunahan kami, parang disinformation, parang sinasabi sa publiko na merong energy ang Ombudsman so dapat mag-imbestiga din sila tungkol sa sinabi ni Vice President,” he added.

(We’re not preventing. We’re simply damage that they’re saying this with out consulting with us, it’s like disinformation, it’s like publicly saying that now we have the facility so the Ombudsman ought to examine what the Vice President mentioned.)