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	GR No. 167711 2008-10-10	OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN v. RAMON C. GALICIA REYES, R.T., J.
This power of investigation granted to the Ombudsman by the 1987 Constitution and The Ombudsman Act is not exclusive but is shared with other similarly authorized government agencies, such as the PCGG and judges of municipal trial courts and municipal circuit trial courts.[23] The power to conduct preliminary investigation on charges against public employees and officials is likewise concurrently shared with the Department of Justice.[24] Despite the passage of the Local Government Code in 1991, the Ombudsman retains concurrent jurisdiction with the Office of the President and the local Sanggunians to investigate complaints against local elective officials.[25]
	GR No. 159747 2004-04-13	SAN II v. PANEL OF INVESTIGATING PROSECUTORS OF DOJ AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.
The Ombudsman is indeed empowered under Section 15, paragraph (1) of RA 6770 to investigate and prosecute any illegal act or omission of any public official. However as we held only two years ago in the case of Aguinaldo vs. Domagas,[8] this authority "is not an exclusive authority but rather a shared or concurrent authority in respect of the offense charged."