EDITORIAL - Start in your own backyardIt’s heartening to hear a member of the Supreme Court stressing the importance of fighting corruption. Addressing an anti-corruption forum recently, SC Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said the judiciary is moving to fight corruption. We contradict the role that we should all play as agents of social justice,” Leonen said. The SC, which supervises the judiciary, can start in its own backyard by easing the restrictions it imposed on the release of the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth of justices and judges. Former SC justice Samuel Martires expanded this SALN restriction to other government branches when he became ombudsman.

Source: Philippine Star January 07, 2026 02:26 UTC