Should Ombudsman Mercedita Gutierrez resign now?

It is indeed suspicious that the President would appoint a classmate to an office that would likely investigate her wrongdoings. Her natural instinct of course is to save yourself. It should have been up to Gutierrez to show her impartiality and that she was not beholden to the appointing power. She has fallen short of this and have in fact been instrumental in protecting the First Family. There is no law prohibiting her from appointing the classmate of her husband although delicadeza should have told her to refrain from doing this. It is clear that she has none of this and so we are stuck with her appointees. I guess your suggestion makes sense. We advocate separation of powers but we only elect those in the executive and legislative branch. I think that we should appoint all three heads of the government so that there is a real balance of power.

Agreed! Our law is very funny. I find it contradicting to have a government official appoint an ombudsman whose duties is to investigate government officials. She should resign, her motives are so obvious. But seeing how power hungry is her boss, thats far from happening. I wonder what is Noynoy's strategy on this.

It's probably because the people who enacted the law are the ones who are affected by it too. Sometimes our politicians can be so shameless.

If only we could. From the Arroyos point of view, it's 5 years well-spent because in all the time that she was there, she had prosecuted none of her allies. She has to be one of the most creative person in the government, 5 years of doing nothing and making it appear as if something is being done. And to think that the investigation is still the first step in the process. By the time they get to court, all the witnesses would probably have amnesia already.

Unfortunately, according to the law she still have 2 more years. :(

She has been loyal to the Arroyos to the point that her credibility is now in question. Although it is a constitutional body and therefore an independent one, it is still subject to public opinion. I hope that we can shame her to doing something right this time.

We pride ourselves to be Catholic country, thus supposedly religious and moral. But it seems that morals and delicadeza has been thrown out of the window especially in the name of money and power. Resignation for her is not an option. If this happened in the US, the government official would resign.