MP solon charged for ‘‘under-declaring’ SALN

By Gina Dizon

BAUKO, Mountain Province – This province’s congressman is now in hot water after he was charged at the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly underdeclaring his Statement of Assets and Liabilities (SALN).  

           

Newly installed  Supreme Court  Lourdes Sereno’s  challenge to government officials to file  their  Statement of Assets and Liabilities (SALN)   has encouraged petitioner Salvador Liked to follow up  his complaint at the Office of the Ombudsman  urging said office  to issue a subpoena to the Bureau of  Internal Revenue to furnish copies of Rep. Maximo Dalog’s  income tax returns  from years 2004 to 2009.  

Bauko resident Liked filed March last year complaint for perjury, under-declaration and non-declaration of SALN against citing alleged unexplained wealth, falsification and dishonesty.

Properties allegedly not included in Dalog’s SALN are a house and lot, Toyota Prado, Toyota Fortuner SUV, Bushmaster gun, among others including a Quezon City lot.

The complaint filed at the Office of the Ombudsman accused Dalog of having allegedly under-declared   millions of assets including trucks not declared in his SALN from 2004 to 2009 despite owning CocaCola Sole Distributorship and NFA Trucking Services.

Dalog filed P8.1 million worth of assets less liabilities in his SALN for 2004, P5.7 million in 2005, P5.6 million in 2006, P4.3 million in 2007, P4.8 million in 2008, P5.9 million in 2009 and P5.8 million in 2010.