Leo Olarte

Leo "Leo" Olarte

Running for Senator

Controversies

Dr. Leo Olarte defended the Presidential Security Group (PSG) for using unregistered COVID-19 vaccine

Olarte defended the PSG by saying that the members of the PSG can neither be jailed nor punished because they performed an act in obedience to an order of their superiors pursuant to a lawful purpose, and that they are mandated to protect the President of the Philippines.
January 2021
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) approved the indictment of former Philippine Medical Association (PMA) President, Dr. Leo Olarte, for tax evasion

He was assessed to have a total of P2.93 million in tax liabilities from 2006 to 2012 inclusive of surcharges and interests. Olarte said he is willing to pay if the deficiency was truly caused by his own miscalculations, but he believed that his criticism of BIR's tax education ad may have caused him to be singled out.
March 2014
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His group's alleged falsification of documents

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the registration of his group because of allegedly submitting falsified documents. Anthony Leachon, the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) incoming President at that time encouraged the group to face the issue.
March 2014
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Stickers and t-shirts were distributed by the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) as a form of protest to reach Interior Secretary Mar Roxas

An explosion occurred at the Grand Caprice hotel and the Limketkai Center in Cagayayan de Oro where delegates of PMA were having a convention. The associated distributed printed stickers and t-shirts with the words, "Busy Presidente Mar Roxas Nasaan Ka?" were distributed as a protest to reach Interior Secretary Mar Roxas who seemed to be out of contact.
August 2013
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