Practice question
A complainant asks the Ombudsman to remove an impeachable official through an ordinary administrative penalty. The office identifies the serious-misconduct investigation power in Section 22 as sufficient to impose dismissal itself. Which is best?
- Investigating automatically creates removal authority
- Section 22 authorizes every administrative penalty against impeachable officials
- The investigation for a possible verified impeachment complaint must be distinguished from disciplinary removal under Section 21
- Impeachment exceptions eliminate every investigative function
- The complainant may issue the dismissal
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 6770, Sections 11, 13, 15, 19, 21 and 22: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6770_1989.html
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