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  • Valmonte V Belmonte

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    Petitioners, members of the media, sought to compel the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to provide a list of names of members of Congress who were able to secure loans immediately before an election through the intercession of Imelda Marcos, as well as copies of the loan documents. The GSIS asserted confidentiality in its relationship with loan recipients. However, the court ruled in favor of the petitioners, finding that the loan funds of the GSIS were public in nature, the alleged borrowers held public office, and this made the information a matter of public concern that could not be kept private.

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    Petitioners, members of the media, sought to compel the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to provide a list of names of members of Congress who were able to secure loans immediately before an election through the intercession of Imelda Marcos, as well as copies of the loan documents. The GSIS asserted confidentiality in its relationship with loan recipients. However, the court ruled in favor of the petitioners, finding that the loan funds of the GSIS were public in nature, the alleged borrowers held public office, and this made the information a matter of public concern that could not be kept private.

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    Valmonte V Belmonte

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    Kat Jolejole
    Petitioners, members of the media, sought to compel the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to provide a list of names of members of Congress who were able to secure loans immediately before an election through the intercession of Imelda Marcos, as well as copies of the loan documents. The GSIS asserted confidentiality in its relationship with loan recipients. However, the court ruled in favor of the petitioners, finding that the loan funds of the GSIS were public in nature, the alleged borrowers held public office, and this made the information a matter of public concern that could not be kept private.

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    VALMONTE V BELMONTE Facts: Petitioners, members of media, seek to compel the GSIS by mandamus to furnish them with the

    list of names of Batasan members belonging to UNIDO and PDP-Laban who were able to secure clean loans immediately before the February 7 election through intercession of Imelda Marcos; to furnish them with certified true copies of the document evidencing their respective loans; or to allow petitioners access to public records for the subject information. In reply, GSIS asserts confidentiality of its relationship with those who obtain loans, Held: Petitioners have the right of access to the public documents. The public nature of the loanable funds of the GSIS and the public office held by the alleged borrowers make the information sought a matter of public concern. Nor may the GSIS plead privacy because privacy may be raised only by the party concerned, that is the borrowers. Moreover, in the instant case and considering the public office of the borrowers, they may not plead privacy.

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