Biz clamor: Lifestyle checks, not just SALN disclosures
Source: Inquirer.net
Published on: 2025-11-27 21:46
MANILA, Philippines -- Six big business and civil society groups have called on the government to impose mandatory lifestyle checks on public officials, arguing that their statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALNs) alone are not enough to sniff out corruption. Without rigorous verification of their truthfulness through a lifestyle check, SALNs would remain "symbolic records rather than effective tools against corruption," said a statement issued on Thursday by the Makati Business Club (MBC), Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (Finex), Shareholders' Association of the Philippines, Justice Reform Initiative (JRI) and Institute for Solidarity in Asia. Their appeal comes more than a month after Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla lifted stringent restrictions on the access to officials' SALNs that were imposed by his...
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