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PCIJ request for Duterte SALN runs into dead end – again

PCIJ request for Duterte SALN runs into dead end – again  Only Vice President Maria Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo is known to have released her 2020 Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN). The Senate and House of Representatives are still sitting on PCIJ’s requests.  BY MARTHA TEODORO July 26, 2021 | 11:00:00 AM   President Rodrigo Duterte’s wealth remains a secret as the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism’s (PCIJ) request for a copy of his 2020 Statement of Assets of Liabilities and Networth (SALN) again ran into a dead end.  The central office of the Office of the Ombudsman is the custodian of the SALNs of presidents, vice presidents, and constitutional officials. However, Ombudsman Samuel Martires issued in 2020 a controversial memorandum restricting access to the documents.

Sandiganbayan rules against Enrile in manner of presenting witnesses

Published May 26, 2021, 4:23 PM Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has denied anew the plea for former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile to have the testimonies of the witnesses against him in his plunder and graft cases be presented orally in open court during a hearing. Enrile argued that his constitutional right to confrontation will be “impaired” with the use of judicial affidavits against his will, and he stressed that “where the rules allow him to decide on specific methods to be employed in his trial, such decision must be respected, not negated.” Specifically, Enrile wanted to “require the prosecution to present the direct testimonies of their witnesses, including that of Atty. Ryan P. Medrano’s, in oral form and in open court.”

Covering Campaign Finance: The Philippine Experience

Covering Campaign Finance: The Philippine Experience Campaign finance is an important, if not the most important aspect, of any electoral exercise. One’s capacity to run for office is largely hinged on their access to resources. BY KAROL ILAGAN AND FLOREEN SIMON May 9, 2021 | 07:00:00 AM   This is a chapter in the book Media Reporting of Elections in Asia published and released by the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) on May 3, 2021.     President Rodrigo Duterte is not one to keep his lips sealed about money. As a presidential candidate then, the former mayor would tease audiences about the state of his finances and donors whose money he supposedly accepted and refused.

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