10.1. Initiatives the inspected authority. Such initiative may be made directly by phone, orally or by e-mail. In such cases, the date, manner, and substance of the initiative shall be recorded in the case file. Within thirty days of receipt of the initiative, the authority subject to inquiry shall inform me of its position on the merits of the initiative and on the measures taken.175 If the authority subject to inquiry does not agree with the initiative, it shall, within thirty days of receipt of the initiative, submit the initiative to its supervisory organ together with its opinion thereon. Within thirty days of receipt of the submission, the supervisory organ shall inform me of its position and on the measures taken.176 As far as the initiatives set forward in my reports on the NPM’s visits, published in 2016, are concerned, the addressees, practically with no exception, responded on the merits, within the statutory deadline. There was only one case when the head of the authority concerned, instead of submitting his objection to the supervisory organ,177 returned my report to my Office for further action.178 My Office received the report together with the letter of the head of the authority concerned.179 In the absence of statutory authorization, I may not deprive the supervisory organ of its powers to formulate its position and take measures as regards my initiative. That is why I requested the head of the supervisory organ of the inspected authority to comply with its obligation stipulated in Section 32, Subsection (3) of the Ombudsman Act.180 I also informed of this request the original addressee of the initiative. I received the letter of the initiative’s addressee shortly after posting my request to the supervisory organ. In addition to her position regarding my measure, the director also informed me that my report containing the measure in question had not been enclosed with any of my letters sent to her, so she was not able to present her comments thereon.181 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 See Section 32, Subsections (1) and (2) of the Ombudsman Act. See Section 32, Subsection (3) of the Ombudsman Act. See Section 32, Subsection (3) of the Ombudsman Act. The letter of the director of the Pest County Child Protection Center and Regional Child Protection Directorate, dated February 08, 2016, sent under file number Ig/81/2016, has been filed under case number AJB-705/2016/32. The two documents were filed under file number 705/2016/32 on February 10, 2016. See my request to the Director General of the Directorate of Social Affairs and Child Protection, dated February 23, 2016, filed under AJB-705/2016/34. The letter of the director of the Pest County Child Protection Center and Regional Child Protection Directorate, dated February 08, 2016, sent under file number Ig/161/2016, has been filed under case number AJB-705/2016/36. 65