“No law requires government officials to submit their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth.”
What Vera Files found
Aside from the 1987 Constitution, at least three laws mandate public officials and employees to submit their SALN. These are Republic Act No. 3019, RA 6713 and RA 7160.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Bienvenido Abante Jr. made this claim around 20 September 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 21 September 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Bienvenido Abante Jr. has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/UtbrQ1YuSF4?t=2876
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