VERA Files
Nag isyu ng mga bagong alituntunin ang Office of the Ombudsman kaugnay ng paglabas ng mga kopya ng Statement of Assets, Liability and Net Worth (SALN) higit isang taon matapos nitong suspindihin ang pagproseso ng lahat ng mga kahilingan mula sa media at publiko.
The Office of the Ombudsman has issued new guidelines in releasing copies of Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) more than one year after it suspended the processing of all requests from the media and the public.
If truth is not on your side, suppress it.
Carpio-Morales described the cases involving Arroyo as “very, very complicated.”
Roque made several false claims about the Ombudsman’s powers.
Sa isang press briefing noong Pebrero 22, si Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque ay nagbitaw ng ilang mga maling pahayag tungkol sa mga kapangyarihan ng Ombudsman at pagsisiyasat nito sa mga reklamo ng nakatagong kayamanan na isinampa laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
In the latest of a saga that dates back to the 2016 elections, at the center of which is the president’s alleged hidden wealth, Solicitor General Jose Calida revealed that the Office of the Ombudsman has “closed and terminated” the plunder complaint Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV filed against then Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
When then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte dismissed as “garbage” the exposé of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV during last two weeks of the election campaign abouthis bank deposits with the Bank of Philippine Islands, Julia Vargas branch, he thought probably that was the end of it.
There is something that defies common sense in the suspension by Malacanang of Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang for supposedly leaking to media confidential and alleged false information on President Rodrigo Duterte’s bank accounts September last year.
The one subject that drives Duterte up the wall is his alleged huge bank deposits first exposed by Sen. Trillanes in April 2016.