Ombudsman Samuel Martires again defends his decision to restrict access to the statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth of public officials, saying other offices also have guidelines for the release of SALNs.
Ombudsman Samuel Martires again defended his decision to restrict access to the statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth of public officials, saying other offices also have guidelines for the release of SALNs.
The SALNs under the custody of the Office of the Ombudsman are of the president, vice president, heads of constitutional commissions, deputy ombudsman, local officials, select uniformed personnel, and presidents of state universities.“Why are we so interested only in the SALN of the President? Why are we not interested in the SALN of the Vice President, in the SALN of senators and congressmen, and other constitutional officers? What is wrong? Are we selective?” he said.
"I studied the SALN law and I found out that while the law expressly states that the public has the right of access to information, the law did not provide a provision restricting the issuance of a regulation," he said. The Office of the Ombudsman earlier proposed amendments that would limit the media's use of the SALNs only to"reporting of facts provided in the statement and no further commentaries could be made thereon."
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