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Ombudsman Samuel Martires said his office could take over the investigations by the National Bureau of Investigation and a committee of the House of Representatives on Vice President Sara Duterte if it sensed it already had jurisdiction.
15 of the law provided that “in the exercise of this primary jurisdiction, it may take over, at any stage, from any investigatory agency of Government, the investigation of such cases.”Martires said it could also take over the investigation by the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability which is looking into the alleged misuse of more than P600M confidential funds by the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education.
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