LGU top agencies with most cases

“According to the Ombudsman, it is the seventh consecutive year that LGU garnered the most number of cases filed.”

The Office of the Ombudsman recently released the list of agencies that have the most number of cases filed before the agency and it showed the local government units (LGU), particularly local chief executives, topped the list.

According to the Ombudsman, it is the seventh consecutive year that LGU garnered the most number of cases filed.

In a report released by the Ombudsman’s Finance and Management Information Office (FMIO), LGU topped the 2017 list with 3,189 cases — 265 cases for provinces, 1,849 cases for cities/municipalities, 1,065 cases for barangays and 10 cases for unclassified LGUs.

According to the anti-graft court, the figure is 12 percent higher than the 2,799 cases recorded in 2016.

Coming in second is the Philippine National Police with 939 cases which figure is 8 percent lower than the 1,022 cases filed against PNP officers and employees in 2016.

The Department of Education (310 cases), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (184 cases), and state universities and colleges (117 cases) are included in the “Top 5” list of government agencies with most number of cases.

Cases filed before the Ombudsman are either criminal or administrative in nature and once probable cause is found the accused is then indicted before the Sandiganbayan.

The FMIO also reported that in 2017, the Ombudsman filed a total of 2,477 information before the Sandiganbayan, 1,457 of which are indictments against local government executives and personnel.

The Ombudsman listed the following breakdown of the information filed before the Sandiganbayan: LGU with 1,457; Metro La Union Water District, San Fernando, La Union, 200; Department of Budget and Management, 194; House of Representatives, 141; Oroquieta Water District, 98; Department of Finance, 45; Department of Agriculture, 44; Philippine National Construction Corp., 40; Philippine Sports Commission, 39; Philippine Postal Corp., 19; Armed Forces of the Philippines, 12; DENR, 12; Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., 12, and Bureau of Fire Protection, 11.