OMBUDSMAN Conchita Carpio-Morales assured the Supreme Court that she is backing the move of the Office of the Ombudsman to junk the plea bargaining agreement former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez entered with retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia.

In a nine-page manifestation a copy of which is available at the Sandiganbayan, Morales told the Court that she is not going against the move of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) who also asked that the plea deal be scrapped.

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