House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Representative Antonio Tinio raised serious questions on the correctness and completeness of Vice President Sara Duterte’s Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALNs), after the Office of the Ombudsman confirmed in a House hearing that multiple years reflected exactly the same declared amounts for real and personal assets, as well as the same enumerated personal properties.
During clarificatory questioning, Tinio pointed out that the Vice President’s declared real assets and personal assets for 2019 and 2020 were identical, and that the declared personal assets for 2021 and 2022 were also identical. The Ombudsman further confirmed identical real asset declarations for 2009 to 2011 and for 2016 and 2017.
“This pattern strongly suggests that the Vice President’s SALNs may not have been properly accomplished and filed,” Tinio said. “If you have multiple years with exactly the same totals and the same items—down to the last peso—then the public is entitled to ask if these were accurately prepared, or if this was simply repeated or copied without proper updating.”
Tinio called on the Vice President to directly address the discrepancies, disclose complete and consistent records, and stop evading accountability processes.
“Pinakamadaling linawin ito kung haharap at magpapaliwanag nang diretso,” Tinio said. “Ipakita ang kumpletong SALN at suportang dokumento, at itigil ang pag-iwas sa pananagutan.”
Tinio said Congress and the public must remain vigilant and ensure that accountability processes are driven by evidence, transparency, and the public interest. #
