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ISSUE
WON
FACTS
1)
Thus:
The Court received two letters from Rowena C. Paraan and Karol
M. Ilagan requesting for copies of the Statement of Assets,
Liabilities and Networth (SALN) and the Personal Data Sheet
a)
(PDS) or the Curriculum Vitae (CV) of its Justices for the year
on government officials.
The special committee created by the Supreme Court (SC) to
review the request issued a Memorandum recommending the
be (Section 8 [A][2], R.A. 6713), and shall state the purpose of the
b)
DECISION
YES
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that the request is not made in good faith and for a legitimate
purpose, but to fish for information and, with the implicit threat
d)
against their personal safety, the request shall not only be denied
e)
government.
The importance of the said right was pragmatically explicated
subjects which the public may want to know, either because such
matters directly affect their lives, or simply because such matters
information in a democracy.
There can be no realistic perception by the public of the nations
request.
The independence of the Judiciary is constitutionally as
important as the right to information which is subject to the
3)
NOTES
Requests for SALNs
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Section 17. A public officer or employee shall, upon assumption of office and as often
thereafter as may be required by law, submit a declaration under oath of his assets,
liabilities, and net worth. In the case of the President, the Vice-President, the
Members of the Cabinet, the Congress, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional
Commissions and other constitutional offices, and officers of the armed forces with