The Philippine Daily Inquirer-Aug 10

The Office of the Ombudsman is of such importance it is only one of two government institutions that the Constitution describes with a special phrase.  In Article XI, Section 12, we read: “The Ombudsman and his Deputies, as protectors of the people, shall act promptly on complaints…” That is an echo of the much more familiar (and controversial) phrase we find in Article II, Section 3, which reads in part: “The Armed Forces of the Philippines is the protector of the people and the State.”

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First published in: The Philippine Daily Inquirer