Former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez took her oath on Friday as an performing member of the Board of Trustees of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
The Presidential Communications Office stated Gutierrez took her oath earlier than Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.
Gutierrez, the nation’s first feminine Ombudsman, held the place for 5 years earlier than resigning in April 2011.
She resigned proper earlier than the beginning of her impeachment trial within the Senate amid allegations of a low conviction fee and inaction on a number of graft circumstances, together with people who concerned former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who appointed her ombudsman in December 2005. —Anna Felicia Bajo/VBL, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
