{"id":119673,"date":"2017-09-26T21:55:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T01:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=119673"},"modified":"2017-09-26T21:55:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T01:55:59","slug":"palace-sheds-light-on-saln-redactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/26\/palace-sheds-light-on-saln-redactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace sheds light on SALN redactions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA<\/strong>\u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday, September 26, said items detailing the possessions, financial obligations, and properties of Cabinet officials would be disclosed in their Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe acquisition cost and the total net worth, the total assets, and the total liabilities will be disclosed,\u201d Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Assistant Secretary Kris Ablan said in a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1an.<\/p>\n

He further noted that journalists may request the officials\u2019 declaration and Malaca\u00f1ang would be willing to reissue the SALN that will disclose those details.<\/p>\n

However, the Palace clarified that the practice of redacting the home address as well as the names of the unmarried minor children will be followed.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember that in the SALN law, the only reason why you have to declare the names of the children is if they have any business interest. If there are none, then there might not be a need to disclose,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Ablan, a technical working group will be formed by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to review the SALN guidelines, which may include the revision of the form on whether or not to include the names of the minor children, if there are no business interests at all.<\/p>\n

During the same briefing, National Privacy Commission Deputy Commissioner Ivy Patdu said the CSC allows redaction of SALN in terms of the home address.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven the Ombudsman circular on disclosure of SALNs and even by practice, names of minor children and home address are already redacted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo there are also some points about whether a government official, a public personality, still has a right to privacy. Whether this right is no longer available if a person chooses to be in the public eye,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Commissioner noted that the Data Privacy Act should not be used to shield public officials from scrutiny, especially when these are matters that are of legitimate public concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut neither should this law be ignored or should be set aside when what it is involved is personal information, because this law is for all of us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cInformation privacy is necessary for safety and security and it is for us to enjoy what we should enjoy as a democratic society. Both these rights are important and both these rights should be zealously guarded,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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