State auditor suspended for chronic tardiness

Due to chronic tardiness, a state auditor was suspended by the Ombudsman for one month and one day.

In a statement, Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Paul Elmer Clemente ordered the suspension of State Auditor III Llane Saratan from the Commission on Audit (COA) Regional Office No. VI for Simple Misconduct.

Ombudsman investigators found that Saratan incurred tardiness/undertime for the months of January, February, October, November and December in 2011, according to her daily time record.

Saratan had already been admonished by the administrative head of COA Regional Office No. VI for her habitual tardiness.

Deputy Ombudsman Clemente has directed the COA Regional Director to implement the suspension.

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