OMBUDSMAN Conchita Carpio-Morales “cannot arrogate the power of Congress” to dismiss Deputy Speaker and Cebu City Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia from her post, Malacañang said on Monday night.

Morales had found Garcia administratively liable for grave misconduct involving a five-year-old case dating back to the time when she was still governor of Cebu.

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