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Viewing cable 05MANILA5012, SEARCH FOR NEXT OMBUDSMAN -- GRP'S KEY ANTI-

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05MANILA5012 2005-10-25 03:35 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Manila
VZCZCXRO9291
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT
DE RUEHML #5012/01 2980335
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 250335Z OCT 05
FM AMEMBASSY MANILA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6859
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUEAHLC/DHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEAWJA/DOJ WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MANILA 005012 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, INR/EAP, INR/B, EB 
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO USAID C. DOWNEY 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL KCOR ECON EAID PINR RP
SUBJECT:  SEARCH FOR NEXT OMBUDSMAN -- GRP'S KEY ANTI- 
CORRUPTION OFFICIAL -- CONTINUES 
 
REF: A. MANILA 4693 
     B. MANILA 0740 
     C. MANILA 0234 
     D. 04 MANILA 4019 
 
1.  (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please 
handle accordingly. 
 
2.  (SBU) Summary:  The GRP's Judicial and Bar Council is 
reviewing possible candidates to replace Ombudsman Simeon 
Marcelo, who is resigning on November 30.  Favored 
candidates include Presidential Legal Counsel Mercy 
Gutierrez and Anti-Graft Court Justice Diosdado Peralta.  It 
is not clear when the Council will settle on its list and 
submit it to Malacanang, but it should be soon.  A USAID- 
funded project is assisting the Council, civil society 
groups, and the media to inform the selection process and 
keep it transparent.  The challenge for the GRP is to find a 
worthy successor to Marcelo, who played a key role in 
ramping up the GRP's anti-corruption efforts.  Mission 
continues to urge the GRP to find an effective candidate to 
fill the key position.  End Summary. 
 
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Search for Next Ombudsman 
------------------------- 
 
3.  (SBU) The GRP's Judicial and Bar Council is reviewing 
possible candidates to replace Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo, who 
is resigning effective November 30 due to what he attributed 
to problems with his health (ref A).  (Note:  The Office of 
the Ombudsman is an independent body charged with rooting 
out corruption in the government.  Marcelo's reasons for 
resigning are still not entirely clear.  Some members of the 
Opposition have asserted that he is quitting because he is 
frustrated with the government, though Marcelo has said 
nothing to confirm this.  End Note.)  The Council has been 
meeting regularly since Marcelo unexpectedly announced his 
resignation on September 30.  Members of the Council include 
Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide (chairman), 
Secretary of Justice Raul Gonzalez, Senator Francis 
 
SIPDIS 
Pangilinan, three representatives from the legal sector, and 
one private sector representative. 
 
4.  (U)  Citizens have until October 31 to nominate 
candidates by forwarding their names to the Council, which 
has so far received 11 names.  After interviewing the 
candidates, the Council will select three nominees and will 
forward this short list to Malacanang.  It is not clear when 
the Council will settle on its list, though members have 
indicated that they aim to do so before Marcelo leaves his 
post.  The President is obliged to choose one candidate from 
this list within three months of the departure of the 
current Ombudsman.  The President's appointee is not subject 
to Congressional confirmation. 
 
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Favored Candidates 
------------------ 
 
5.  (SBU) Favored candidates to succeed Marcelo reportedly 
include: 
 
-- Maria Merceditas "Mercy" Gutierrez, Chief Presidential 
legal counsel; 
 
--Diosdado Peralta, Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan 
(Anti-Graft Court); 
 
-- Raul Angangco, a name partner at the powerful Villaraza & 
Angangco law firm  (Note:  Although many observers have 
speculated that Angangco is a leading candidate, his name 
has not yet been forwarded to the Judicial and Bar Council 
by anyone in the public.  End Note.); 
 
-- Margarito Gervacio, current Deputy Ombudsman (effectively 
the number two official in the Office of the Ombudsman); 
 
-- Vic Fernandez, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon; and, 
 
-- Dennis Villa-Ignacio, Chief Special Prosecutor at the 
Office of the Ombudsman. 
 
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MANILA 00005012  002 OF 002 
 
 
USAID Project 
------------- 
 
6.  (U) A USAID-funded project is assisting the Judicial and 
Bar Council, civil society groups, and the media to better 
inform the selection process and keep it transparent.  The 
NGO "Transparency and Accountability Network" (TAN), working 
with The Asia Foundation, is scheduled to launch a USD 
21,000 project on October 26 called "Ombudsman Appointment 
Watch II."  (Note:  TAN's successful campaign for a 
transparent and informed selection process in the first 
"Ombudsman Watch" in 2002 resulted in the appointment of 
Simeon Marcelo.  End Note.)  TAN is seeking to encourage 
civil society groups to play a more active role in the 
Judicial and Bar Council's nomination process, to engage the 
media in order to raise awareness of the importance of the 
Ombudsman's role and the selection process, and to 
institutionalize public participation in future selection 
processes.  One of TAN's first actions (actually undertaken 
before the formal launch of the project) was to successfully 
lobby the Council to extend the deadline for nominations 
from October 15 to October 31 in order to facilitate wider 
public participation. 
 
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Comment 
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7.  (SBU) The challenge for the GRP is to find a worthy 
successor to Marcelo, who played a key role in ramping up 
the GRP's anti-corruption efforts.  The conviction rate at 
the Ombudsman's Office under his tenure has significantly 
increased -- helped by both a greater budget allocation from 
the government and U.S. assistance in capacity building for 
administrative staff, investigators, and prosecutors. 
Mission continues to urge the GRP to find an effective 
candidate for this key position.  So far, Gutierrez and 
Peralta seem to be the leading candidates.  Peralta, in 
particular, has impressive credentials and maintains respect 
among many observers.  Malacanang faces a tough choice -- 
and it will be widely criticized by foreign investors and 
others if it makes some sort of non-transparent move and 
fails to pick a highly regarded candidate. 
 
BELLARD