{"id":273989,"date":"2020-11-04T01:52:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T06:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=273989"},"modified":"2020-11-04T01:52:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T06:52:35","slug":"no-conscious-effort-by-prrd-to-conceal-saln-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/04\/no-conscious-effort-by-prrd-to-conceal-saln-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"‘No conscious effort’ by PRRD to conceal SALN: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roque said Duterte has filed with SALN for the years 2018 and 2019 even if the documents were not made public. (File: ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL\/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte is not making a conscious effort to conceal his Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN), Malaca\u00f1ang said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In an interview over CNN Philippines\u2019 The Source, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque insisted that Duterte\u2019s non-release of his SALN is because he was complying with new guidelines set by the Office of the Ombudsman.<\/p>\n

Roque said Duterte has filed with SALN for the years 2018 and 2019 even if the documents were not made public.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there is a conscious effort to conceal because he has complied with it. But he is just respecting the recent guidelines issued by the Ombudsman because, after all, the Ombudsman is the constitutional body tasked with promoting accountability on these public officers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo all he is saying is, let\u2019s respect the guidelines issued by the Ombudsman, and let\u2019s comply with those guidelines,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Roque last week vowed to personally ask Duterte if he could release his SALN to show he is not hiding anything.<\/p>\n

However, he said he failed to raise the matter to the President in Monday\u2019s Cabinet meeting because discussions were centered around the government\u2019s response to Super Typhoon Rolly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, the times that we have talked, it\u2019s about the typhoon. So, no, I haven\u2019t brought it up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said he intends to bring it up during a scheduled meeting with Duterte on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have another meeting tomorrow and he will make another address to the nation on [coronavirus disease] and perhaps there, I will then bring up the matter. But there was no opportunity to do it when we last met because it was all focused on (super) typhoon Rolly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Before the Ombudsman\u2019s memorandum circular, a reporter could request for certain government officials\u2019 SALNs by writing a formal letter of request addressed to the Office of the Ombudsman.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Ombudsman’s Memorandum Circular 1 states that SALNs would now be released only in three situations \u2013 if the government official who filed it and his\/her official representative made a request; if it is legally ordered by the court in relation to a pending case; and if the request is made through the Office of the Ombudsman\u2019s field investigation office for a fact-finding probe.<\/p>\n

In all other instances, the circular said, \u201cno SALN will be furnished to the requester unless he\/she presents a notarized letter of authority from the declarant allowing the release of the requested SALN.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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