Andaya’s SALN questioned before Ombudsman
House Majority Leader and Camarines Sur Representative Rolando Andaya Jr. is facing a new complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) due to his failure to disclose several properties in his 2016 and 2017 Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN).
The complaint against Andaya and his wife, Marissa Lourdes Andaya, was filed yesterday morning by the Truth and Justice Coalition led by its president, Greco Belgica.
The group wants Andaya charged for violation of Section 7 and 8 of R.A. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, Section 8 of R.A. 6713 or the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials, and Articles 183 and 171(4) of the Revised Penal Code, also known as perjury and falsification.
Aside from the criminal charges, they want Andaya held liable for administrative charges such as serious dishonesty and grave misconduct.
Belgica said Andaya has “unexplained and undeclared wealth” even though his net worth for 2016 and 2017 pegged at R45.65 million remained the same.
His real properties, personal properties, liabilities, and even the notarial details of his SALNs remained exactly the same between those years. The complaint stated that for Andaya “to submit two separate documents bearing the same notarial details, and to thereafter present these two documents as different from each other constitutes perjury and falsification.”
Andaya’s declared cash in bank also remained steady at R5 million, and Belgica said it is “grossly impossible” for this not to move a single centavo within a span of one year.
The complainant revealed that Andaya and his family made several travels to Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, U.S.A., Korea, Vietnam, Qatar, and China from 2015 to 2017. If Andaya’s SALNs were to be believed, Belgica said these travels are beyond his financial capacity. Allegedly undeclared Belgica added that Andaya failed to declare nine properties – one in Quezon City, three in Naga City, four in Camarines Sur, and one in Taguig City. This is just the tip of the iceberg, since there are six more properties in Cavite registered in the name of their business.
Andaya further failed to disclose his vehicles, since he only indicated a valuation of R2 million for his cars and R1.5 for his utility vehicle. But in truth, the total value of vehicles registered under his and his wife's name amount to R12,545,000.
Another thing Andaya and his wife allegedly failed to declare was their business interest in Noy and Ning’s Corporation. The paid-up capital of the corporation as of April 1, 2018 already amounts to R31 million, Belgica said, among others. ‘Demolition job’ For his part, Andaya called the complaint a “demolition job,” given the fact that the filing of candidacy for the midterm elections is slated to begin days from now.
“This is part of an ongoing hatchet job against me connected with my desire to run for the governorship of Camarines Sur,” he said in a statement.
“I do not expect the masterminds behind this complaint to get my side but I expect Mr. Belgica, a government official, to have asked for my side, and I would have gladly provided him with the facts.”
“Unfortunately, he miserably failed in this one elementary aspect, and opted to chase publicity,” he added.