The removal process is often the reverse of the appointment process. Ombudsmen are subject to removal for specified causes. This guarantees that they will not be removed for political reasons or because the results of investigations have offended those in political power in the legislative body. Requiring the same super majority to remove as appoint ensures that the reasons for removal are as widely appreciated and valid as those for appointment. The Ombudsman has a high, fixed salary.
Ombudsmen investigate and make recommendations to the highest officials of the government.
They are paid at a level commensurate with that responsibility. Pay is often equated with judges, justices of supreme courts, or heads of ministries or government agencies. The salary is fixed so that the pay for an Ombudsman may not be reduced while the person is in office, preventing punishment of an Ombudsman whose reports may have been politically difficult or unpopular. The salary of an Ombudsman may only be reduced if all government officials' salaries are being reduced. The office has a budget funded at a level sufficient to carry out the purposes established in law and spends and accounts for its funds directly to the legislative body.