Capitol employees without SALNs may face sanctions

AROUND 300 regular Capitol employees may face sanctions for failing to submit their Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN).

Cebu provincial information officer Ethel T. Natera said more than 600 out of 920 regular employees have submitted their SALN covering the period January to December 2014. The rest have yet to comply.

Noli Valencia, head of the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO), said he still has to verify who among the regular employees have not filed their SALN.

“They were given an advanced notice. In fact, we even issued a memo for this,” he said during the weekly Kapistorya Forum yesterday.

The provincial government earlier gave all elected officials, department heads and employees until April 15 this year to file their SALN. Those who have not filed yet will be asked to explain.

“We will give them a notice, if possible, and ask them to explain. They will not be sanctioned just yet,” Valencia said.

Under Republic Act No. 6713 or the Code of Conduct of Public Officials and Employees, failure to file SALN is punishable with suspension of one to six months for the first offense, and dismissal from service for the second offense.

The law requires all state workers to submit their SALN to their agencies on or before April 30 of every year. Capitol has until June 30 this year to submit the SALNs to the Visayas Ombudsman.

Valencia said he will submit to the Visayas Ombudsman a list of the employees without SALNs.

“It would be up to the Ombudsman to accept the employees’ explanations or impose sanctions,” he said.

As of April 2015, the Capitol has 920 permanent employees, 594 casuals, 1,233 job order employees, and 229 outsourced workers.