Luistro: Petition to block House access to ITR now moot
Source: GMA Network
Published on: 2026-04-20 04:00
Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The petition filed by Vice President Sara Duterte's husband seeking to stop the House Committee on Justice from obtaining and disclosing their income tax returns (ITRs) is now moot, panel chairperson Rep. Gerville Luistro said Monday. Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB, Luistro said the ITR had already been submitted to the committee during the April 14 hearing. "Definitely, from my perspective, to stop the BIR from submitting the ITR to the Justice Committee is already moot and academic because it has already been submitted," she said. Lawyer Manases Carpio filed the petition before a Quezon City Regional Trial Court on April 13, citing alleged violations of the Data Privacy Act and their rights. He and his lawyers argued that the subpoena issued by the House panel -- directing Bureau of Internal Revenu...
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