Ex-Ombudsman Gutierrez takes oath as GSIS acting board member

Former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez took her oath on Friday as an acting member of the Board of Trustees of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
 
The Presidential Communications Office said Gutierrez took her oath before Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.
 
Gutierrez, the country’s first female Ombudsman, held the position for five years before resigning in April 2011.
 
She resigned right before the start of her impeachment trial in the Senate amid allegations of a low conviction rate and inaction on several graft cases, including those that involved former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who appointed her ombudsman in December 2005. —Anna Felicia Bajo/VBL, GMA Integrated News