If elected president, Bongbong Marcos says he won’t make his SALN public

MANILA, Philippines — Should he win in the May 2022 polls, presidential aspirant and former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday he will not make his statement of assets, liabilities, and

“Depends on what the purposes are for making them public. If that purpose is going to be for political attack then why would we want to do that?” he said in a forum with the ALC media group when asked if he will make his SALN public if he wins as the next president.

“So if that is going to be the purpose for it, some political agenda, then I don’t see the reason why the SALN should be given,” Marcos added. “I think we have to be more protective. If it is going to be used to victimize the person through their SALN, then I don’t see why you would do that,” Marcos added.President Rodrigo Duterte has also not been making public his SALN, especially after the Ombudsman issued a memorandum circular limiting the instances when a public official’s SALN could be accessed by a requesting party.

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