Local government units have topped government agency with the most number of Ombudsman cases filed in 2017.
For seven consecutive years, LGUs topped the list of agencies with the most number of cases filed against their officials and employees before the Office of the Ombudsman.
In a report released by the Ombudsman’s Finance and Management Information Office, LGUs topped the 2017 list with 3,189 cases broken down as 265 cases for provinces, 1,849 cases for cities and municipalities, 1,065 cases for barangays and 10 cases for unclassified LGUs.
The figure is 12 percent higher than the 2,799 cases recorded in 2016.
The Philippine National Police came in second 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), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (184 cases), and state universities and colleges (117 cases) are included in the top five list of government agencies with the most number of cases.