WHISTLE BLOWERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

Unit 206 La Mirada Town Homes, Guevarra Street, San Juan, Metro Manila

NOMINATION FOR THE POSITION OF OMBUDSMAN

11 May 2011
Honorable JUDICIAL & BAR COUNCIL (JBC)
2nd Floor Centennial Building, Supreme Court,
Padre Faura, Manila 1000 Philippines

Subject: FRANK CHAVEZ for OMBUDSMAN

Your Honors:
Who among the aspirants can claim a proven track record of at least four
decades of anti-corruption crusades that are pro-active (not merely reactive)
and without blemish to his or her integrity?
Since way back FQS (First Quarter Storm) of the seventies, from the dark years
of oppression under the tyrannical dictatorship, thru the nine years of
kleptocracy, and even until today, FRANCISCO IBRADO CHAVEZ has been
the de facto Ombudsman of the People of the Philippines. His battlefield were
scams and plunders involving tremendously huge amounts of taxpayers’
money and our country’s resources. His integrity has no blemish, for, in fact
he was the choice of the Saint of Democracy for the meticulous and trenchant
job of Solicitor General. Please see in the attachment some highlights of his
advocacy, many of which are now shrines in Philippine jurisprudence.
Lessons in Philippine history prove that Truth Crusaders (or those to whom
many news reporters refer to as “whistleblowers”) held the keys for success of
anti-corruption efforts. While the various whistleblowers, whether genuine of
grandstanding, disagree on their political beliefs, many of them agree on who
does not deserve and who deserves to be Ombudsman. The Truth Expositors
of the Whistle Blowers Association agree 100% on Frank Chavez. With due
respect, the Truth Expositors, whose lives were in real grave danger of prowling
snipers and abductors, are different from the recent fashionable “Truth Tellers”
who blew the whistle too late, when it is “peace time” already.
Noong panahon ni Arroyo, ang mga whistleblowers ay pinapatay.
Ngayon ay baligtad. Ang akusado ay nagpapakamatay.
Frank Chavez is a proven “war time” veteran. Until now, he is the only one
who took the risk of initiating the first and only non-nuisance plunder charge
against the former most powerful personality in the Philippines. Since he has
been doing the job of an Ombudsman for more than three decades, then by
sheer logic, he deserves a nomination for the position of Ombudsman.
Sincerely,
 PRO BONO PUBLICO ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
1970/JAN/26 student demonstrator badly beaten up by the policehe
1970/JAN/30 FQS (First Quarter Storm) First Battle of Mendiola Bridge
1971/FEB/02
1971/FEB/07 Battle of University of the Philippines (UP) campus barricades

1983/SEP/++ start of more than 500 pro bono cases for political detainees
1984/JAN/++ Tarlac to Tarmac cases
1984/AUG/++ Press Freedom cases
1984/AUG/++ Religious Freedom cases
MARCOS 1985/JAN/++ Lino Brocka cases
1985/MAY/++ Davao Lawyers cases
1985/JUL/++ Juan Ponce Enrile Sykorski helicopter deal libel case
1985/SEP/++ Escalante massacre case
1985/DEC/++ mistrial of the century case
1986/FEB/++ Bar Marcos Proclamation case
1986/FEB/++ at least 132 mass actions
1986/FEB/25 culmination of EDSA People Power Revolution
Chavez versus PCGG (GR 130716) (299 SCRA 744): Supreme
1997/SEP/00
1998/DEC/09 Court nullifies two compromise agreements between the Ramos
PCGG and Marcos family.
RAMOS Chavez versus PEA AMARI (GR 331250): Supreme Court nullifies
1998/APR/23
2002/JUL/09 the Joint Venture Agreement between Public Estates Authority
and Amari Coastal Bay Corporation
Pro Bono Counsel to more than 40 indigents
Exposé: “Project Recovery” = a secret Malacañang project in the
guise of aiming to recover Marcos ill-gotten wealth but with huge
commissions to private brokers
Presentor of more than 12 witnesses and voluminous documents
before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to prove the existence
of the Irene Marcos Araneta account in the Union Bank of
Switzerland (Account № 885931)
KOMPIL 2 activities
ERAP
Chavez versus PCGG (Sandiganbayan Case № 185) to disallow
release of $150 million out of the escrow account in Switzerland
to answer for the direct and personal liabilities of Marcos to
human rights victims and their heirs
People versus Abe dela Cruz Valdez (GR 129296): Pro Bono
2000/SEP/25 Counsel for this illiterate who was about to die by lethal injection
for cultivating marijuana in his backyard
more than 12 rallies against the Estrada administration
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) Special Counsel without
compensation in the Marcos ill-gotten wealth recovery efforts,
until when it became clear that the Arroyo administration is not
serious about the recovery efforts
Exposé: Greggy Araneta and Irene Marcos Araneta attempt to
transfer the Marcos Araneta Account Account № 885931 from
UBS Switzerland to Deutschbank in Dusseldorf Germany
at least 38 times on direct examination as prosecution principal
witness in criminal cases against Imelda Marcos before the
GLORIA Sandiganbayan
Chavez versus Ermita (GR № 169660) (488 SCRA 01) challenging
2006/FEB/14
the constitutionality of Executive Order № 464
People versus Teofisto Guingona (RTC Makati Criminal Case 07-
2007/NOV/29 3126 for acquittal of Father Robert Reyes from rebellion charges
in connection with the Manila Peninsula Hotel incident
Chavez versus Raul Gonzalez & National Telecommunications
2008/FEB/15 Commission (GR № 168338 ) (545 SCRA 441) to nullify the order
threatening anyone in media who broadcasts “Hello Garci”