Ombudsman tells Romualdez: ‘Recantation is not an eraser’

MANILA, Philippines — “Recantation is not an eraser,” Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano emphasized Thursday as he repeated the same sentence thrice in response to pronouncements of Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez. In an excerpt from his supplemental counter-affidavit on Wednesday, Romualdez said the Office of the Ombudsman should consider the recantations made by their witnesses in