The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected on Tuesday the request of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) and Atty. Larry Gadon to obtain copies of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) of Associate Justice Marvic Leonen.
“I would like to confirm that the Supreme Court in today’s En Banc session unanimously resolved to deny the requests of the Office of the Solicitor General and Atty. Lorenzo G. Gadon, for copies of the SALN of, and other information pertaining to SC Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen, for purposes of preparing a Quo Warranto petition. Justice Leonen took no part in the resolution,” SC Spokesperson Atty. Brian Hosaka confirmed.
The request made by two parties was supposed to be for the preparation of a quo warranto petition against Leonen. They are seeking to identify if Leonen has submitted a complete SALN when he applied at the Supreme Court.
Former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was previously ousted through a quo warranto petition due to the non-submission of complete SALN when she applied as a magistrate. – PTV News
