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The Office of the Ombudsman has asked for an additional P675 million to augment its proposed P5.8 billion budget for 2025.Ombudsman Samuel Martires appealed to the House appropriations panel, saying that the additional funds will be earmarked for the creation of 60 lawyer positions for additional offices of field investigation ; provision of satellite offices ; and hiring of casual/contractual employees for the project on digitalization .
“To speed up the investigation of cases, of complaints, we are trying to merge now the fact-finding office and the preliminary investigation office, so that when a complaint is filed, immediately it will be assigned to a lawyer who will conduct a case evaluation," Martires said.
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