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By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Nov 03, 2020 1:00 AM
Are there secrets in the Duterte SALN? Ombudsman Samuel Martires’ Memorandum Circular 1 restricting public access to Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth applies retroactively to the president. Coming soon is a script qualified for Ripley’s Believe It or Not where SALNs will again play a major role: while the president’s 2018 and 2019 SALNs remain publicly undisclosed, Solicitor General Jose Calida has appealed to the Supreme Court to release justice Marvic Leonen’s SALN that many read as groundwork for a quo warranto case against the high court’s third most senior justice. As in the Sereno ouster, it appears to be a Calida-Larry Gadon plot.