President's allies to lodge complaints vs Ombudsman officials over wealth probe

Supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte are seeking the ouster of officials from the Office of the Ombudsman whom they accused of alleged unlawful disclosure of bank transaction records of the Chief Executive and his family.

Lawyers Manuelito Luna, Eligio Mallari and former lawmaker Jacinto Paras made the call in two administrative complaints lodged against Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang, Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao Rodolfo Elman and members of the fact-finding Investigation Team/Field Investigation Unit of the Office off the Ombudsman-Mindanao that will be filed before the Office of the President today, Tuesday.