An ombudsman has an obligation when it spots trouble, when it spots patterns, basically to speak truth to power. |
Any big corporation, no matter how enlightened, needs some place that people can turn to outside of the formal processes where they can get their problems solved. |
He has reasonably good name recognition, certainly on this island. |
We're offering people a neutral confidential place to come in with whatever problems are on their mind. |
You become a kind of law-and-order person. He's been outside of party politics for long enough, so he can create a nice image for himself as being someone who's efficient and effective. |