25/05/2026
GRABE! What a discrepancy! Pwede pa ‘tong kasuhan. Kaya pala sobra depensa itong si Alan Peter Cayetano kay Digong.
Naalala ko tuloy yung isang pugante na si Harry Roque na nagdonate ng 36 Million pesos to Sara Duterte’s Campaign, but his SALN couldn’t support that donation.
Itigil na ang pambubudol ng ating mga mamamayan!
Donation: ₱71.3 million.
2015 SALN: around ₱23.6 million.
2016 SALN: around ₱55.7 million.
This is a legal and ethical red flag.
Kasi sa batas, ang SALN hindi diary. Official declaration iyan ng yaman ng public official. At ang campaign donation, hindi rin barya sa alkansya. Statement of Contributions and Expenditures iyan—may halaga, may pinanggalingan, may obligasyong ipaliwanag.
So natural lang ang tanong ng taumbayan:
Paano ka nakapaglabas ng ₱71.3 million kung ang declared net worth mo mismo ay mas mababa pa sa donation?
Hindi pa ito hatol. Pero hindi rin ito “wala lang.” Sa ordinaryong Pilipino, kapag may kulang na resibo, rejected agad. Kapag empleyado ang may hindi maipaliwanag na pera, imbestigasyon agad. Pero kapag makapangyarihan ang numero na hindi nagtutugma, biglang kailangan natin maging “mahinahon”?
Hindi galit ang publiko. Marunong lang magbilang.
At kapag ang arithmetic mismo ang sumisigaw, ang minimum na hinihingi ay hindi palusot.
Sagot. Transparency. Accountability.
SOURCES:
Philstar.com. (2018, May 27). Billionaires Villar, Cusi are richest Cabinet men. Philstar.com. https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/05/27/1819036/billionaires-villar-cusi-are-richest-cabinet-men
Cotejo, H. I., & Tan, I. R. R. (2016, May 17). 2015 SALNs: Villar still richest senator, Escudero poorest. SunStar Philippines. https://www.sunstar.com.ph/more-articles/2015-salns-villar-still-richest-senator-escudero-poorest
Ilagan, K. (2016, December 6). SALNs and SOCEs of some bets don’t add up. Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. https://pcij.org/2016/12/06/salns-and-soces-of-some-bets-dont-add-up/
Ilagan, K., & Mangahas, M. (2016, December 5). P334M from only 13 donors funded Duterte’s presidency. Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. https://pcij.org/2016/12/05/p334m-from-only-13-donors-funded-dutertes-presidency/
