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Will Duterte release SALN? Spokesman says he will ask

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/10/29/20201026-duterte-malacanang-4.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Matina Enclaves in Davao City on Oct. 26, 2020.<em> Arman Baylon, Presidential Photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><div> </div><p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s spokesman said Thursday he will ask if the leader would be willing to disclose his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth, after the Office of the Ombudsman restricted access to the wealth declaration of officials. </p><p>Duterte&#x27;s office is just following the Ombudsman&#x27;s guidelines, said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. </p><p>&quot;Pero mag-usap po kami ng ating Presidente para matapos na po itong issue na ito. Tatanungin ko na po, baka naman magbigay ng permiso ang Presidente para isapubliko ang kaniyang SALN,&quot; he told reporters. </p><p>(I will talk to our President about this issue so that this issue can end. I will ask, perhaps he will give permission to make public his SALN.)</p><p>Duterte had released his SALN yearly before the anti-corruption body, with a recent memorandum circular, restricted public access of the SALN for the first time since the law mandating public disclosure of this document was passed in 1989, said Roque. </p><p>&quot;Wala pong itinatago ang ating Presidente,&quot; said Roque. </p><p>(Our President is not hiding anything.) <br/> </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dd6ulrLvFso?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/19/20/dutertes-salns-secret-pcij-shows-wealth-disclosures-of-all-presidents-since-cory">Duterte&#x27;s SALNs secret; PCIJ shows wealth disclosures of all presidents since Cory </a></li></ul><p>The Ombudsman circular states that copies of the SALN may only be provided if:</p><p>- the request is from the declarant or the person who filed the SALN or the duly authorized representative of the declarant;<br/>- there is a court order; or<br/>- the request is made by the Ombudsman’s field investigation units. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/10/19/20/a-citizens-guide-to-where-and-how-to-get-a-saln" target="_blank">A citizen’s guide to where and how to get a SALN</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FVSBUV6Gl3s?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div><br/> </div>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said Thursday if the leader would be willing to disclose his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth, after the Office of the Ombudsman restricted access to the wealth declaration of officials. </p>

President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said Thursday if the leader would be willing to disclose his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth, after the Office of the Ombudsman restricted access to the wealth declaration of officials.

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Will Duterte release SALN? Spokesman says he will ask

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 29, 2020 04:30 PM PHT

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Updated October 29, 2020 10:34 PM PHT

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