MANILA, Philippines — The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has urged public officials and employees to file their statement of assets, liabilities and net worth or SALN ahead of the April 30 deadline.
“We remind government workers to file their SALN as early as possible to give the RCC (Review and Compliance Committee) ample time to evaluate the submissions,” CSC chairperson Alicia dela Rosa-Bala said.
Republic Act 6713 or the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees mandates all government officials and employees to file their SALN annually.
The CSC reminded government workers that their SALNs should contain the “true, detailed, and sworn” declaration of their assets, liabilities, net worth, business interests and financial connections, including those of their spouses and of unmarried children under 18 years of age living in their households.
Public servants must also declare in their SALN any relatives in government service within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity as of the end of the preceding year.
Bala stressed that the filing of the SALN is a sworn duty of every government worker and is in line with the principle that public office is a public trust.
“As public servants, it is our way of signifying that we are in government only to serve the public and not to use our positions to enrich ourselves or our families,” she said.
The CSC warned that non-filing of SALN as well as any misdeclaration in one’s SALN “shall be a ground for administrative disciplinary action, without prejudice to criminal and civil liabilities as may be provided in the law.”
Under Section 46 of the Revised Rules on Administrative Cases in the Civil Service, failure to file a SALN shall be punishable with suspension of one to six months for the first offense and dismissal from the service for the second offense.