The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) found Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte guilty of misconduct for punching a court sheriff during a demolition of illegal settlers' shanties last July 1.
However, the DILG could not file administrative charges against the mayor due to some legal actions earlier filed by the Sheriffs Confederation of the Philippines (Scophil) at the Office of the Ombudsman.
Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo said Scophil's complaint precluded the DILG from filing its own administrative case against the mayor because "this will violate the principle of forum-shopping."
