RENE SAGUISAG
THE intriguing appointment of Ka Eduardo Manalo of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) as special envoy raises serious questions about the separation of church and state and whether he should also file his SALN (statement of assets, liabilities and net worth). That was my intent in sponsoring RA 6713, the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards, benefiting from the groundwork laid by the UP College of Public Administration, on which principal author Uncle Jovy Salonga had relied (Uncle, again, cuz my lola and his mother were first cousins in a Pasig looban).