Obligasyon ng mga gov’t official na magpasa ng SALN

ni Atty. Persida Rueda-Acosta - @Magtanong Kay Attorney | August 07, 2021

Dear Chief Acosta,

Natanggap ang kapatid ko sa trabaho. Ang sabi raw sa kanya ay kailangan niya magsumite ng Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN), na siya naman niyang ginawa. Nais lamang naming malaman kung may batas bang nagtatakda nito at kung lahat ba ng kawani ng gobyerno ay dapat magsumite nito? – Jenny

Dear Jenny,

Ang Statement of Assets and Liabilities o SALN ay isa sa mga dokumento na ipinapapasa sa mga pampublikong kawani. Ang batas na nagtatakda ng obligasyon na magsumite nito ay ang Republic Act No. 6713, o mas kilala bilang “Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees.”

Para sa kaalaman ng lahat, malinaw na nakasaad sa Section 8 ng naturang batas ang obligasyon ng pagsusumite ng SALN:

“Section 8. Statements and Disclosure. - Public 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 eighteen (18) years of age living in their households. x x x”

Bagama’t karaniwang isinusumite ang SALN ng bawat kawani ng gobyerno, hindi sakop sa nasabing obligasyon ang mga kawani na naninilbihan nang honorary capacity, mga naninilbihan bilang laborers, at mga casual o temporary workers. Partikular na nakasaad sa parehong probisyon ng batas na:

“(A) Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Financial Disclosure. - All public officials and employees, except those who serve in an honorary capacity, laborers and casual or temporary workers, shall file under oath their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth and a Disclosure of Business Interests and Financial Connections and those of their spouses and unmarried children under eighteen (18) years of age living in their households.

x x x

The Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth and the Disclosure of Business Interests and Financial Connections shall be filed by:

(1) Constitutional and national elective officials, with the national office of the Ombudsman;

(2) Senators and Congressmen, with the Secretaries of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively; Justices, with the Clerk of Court of the Supreme Court; Judges, with the Court Administrator; and all national executive officials with the Office of the President.

(3) Regional and local officials and employees, with the Deputy Ombudsman in their respective regions;

(4) Officers of the armed forces from the rank of colonel or naval captain, with the Office of the President, and those below said ranks, with the Deputy Ombudsman in their respective regions; and

(5) All other public officials and employees, defined in Republic Act No. 3019, as amended, with the Civil Service Commission.” (Seksyon 8, Id.)

Sana ay nabigyan namin ng linaw ang inyong katanungan. Ang payong aming ibinigay ay base lamang sa impormasyon na inyong inilahad at maaaring magbago kung mababawasan o madaragdagan ang mga detalye ng inyong salaysay.

Maraming salamat sa inyong patuloy na pagtitiwala.