Corona’s counsel, former Supreme Court Justice Serafin Cuevas, pointed out that under a provision in the Civil Service Commission, no penalty is imposed to a government official who would be found to have filed an inaccurate or incomplete SALN.
“In fact, under the same procedure if after the examination of what was filed there seem to be errors or discrepancies, then he is allowed to make a correction. This is the provision of the rules and the regulation,” Cuevas said, responding to Senator Alan Cayetano’s queries.
“To us, it’s our humble opinion your honor that if there may have been discrepancies, inaccuracies, incompleteness… these can be remedied after a review of the SALN is made,” he said.
“If it’s not intentional your honor, no criminal liability nor administrative liability is incurred by the filing official. The law of the matter is very clear,” he pointed out.