{"id":110929,"date":"2017-08-09T04:41:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T08:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=110929"},"modified":"2017-08-09T04:41:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T08:41:58","slug":"ex-samar-town-mayor-wife-rapped-on-saln-discrepancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/09\/ex-samar-town-mayor-wife-rapped-on-saln-discrepancies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Samar town mayor, wife rapped on SALN discrepancies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_108401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108401\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/OMB.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108401\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/OMB.png\" alt=\"The Ombudsman said the former mayor failed to declare ownership over several high-powered firearms in his SALNs. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"720\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/OMB.png 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/OMB-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/OMB-300x298.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ombudsman said the former mayor failed to declare ownership over several high-powered firearms in his SALNs. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Aug. 9\u2014 The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to indict former Balangiga, Samar Mayor Viscuso De Lira and his wife, Administrative Assistant Emelita de Lira, for misdeclaring their joint Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN).<\/p>\n<p>In a resolution approved by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, Viscuso and Emelita De Lira were charged with three counts of perjury and three counts of violation of Section 8 of Republic Act No. 6713, or the \u201cCode of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Graft investigators said the couple undervalued the cost of their Nissan Patrol Super Safari in their 2013 SALN by declaring it as only PHP1.8 million instead of its actual value of PHP3,048,480.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the Ombudsman said the former mayor failed to declare ownership over several high-powered firearms in his SALNs.<\/p>\n<p>Article 171 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) defines the crime of perjury as \u201cmaking untruthful statements in a narration of facts. The penalty of\u00a0<em>prision mayor<\/em>\u00a0and a fine not to exceed PHP5,000 shall be imposed upon any public officer or\u00a0 employee taking advantage of his official position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, under Section 8 of RA No. 6713, \u201cpublic officials and employees have an obligation to accomplish and submit declarations under oath of, and the public has the right to know, their assets, liabilities, net worth and financial and business interests including those of their spouses and of unmarried children under 18 years of age living in their households.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Aug. 9\u2014 The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to indict former Balangiga, Samar Mayor Viscuso De &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":108401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[20870,20871,20868,20869],"class_list":["post-110929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-administrative-assistant-emelita-de-lira","tag-graft-investigators","tag-the-office-of-the-ombudsman","tag-viscuso-de-lira","mauthors-perfecto-raymundo-jr","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}