CIBAC REP. BRO. EDDIE BACKS PRESIDENT MARCOS’ ORDER FOR LIFESTYLE CHECKS

CIBAC Party-List Representative Bro. Eddie Villanueva fully supports President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s directive to conduct lifestyle checks on government executive officials. This initiative comes in the wake of controversies surrounding questionable flood control projects, and it marks a crucial step toward restoring accountability in the government. 

“Genuine lifestyle check is a potent deterrent against corruption and a constant reminder to all that public office is a public trust. It’s a long overdue anti-corruption mechanism that should have been in place,” Villanueva said.

While commending this move, the CIBAC solon underscores that lifestyle checks must be comprehensive, sincere and sustained, not merely symbolic gestures.

“The force and effectiveness of such directive by the President rests on the degree of its resolve to really check the lifestyle of government officials and go after those who acquire this wealth through corrupt and illegal means. We pray for the President to have the necessary quantum of political will to discipline and stamp out greed from the ranks of government managers,” says the CIBAC solon. 

Rep. Bro. Eddie also calls on other branches of the government – the legislative and the judiciary – as well as the constitutional commissions, local government units and all government instrumentalities to follow the initiative of the President.

“All officials in all branches of the government should be subjected into lifestyle check so that we can have a system of preventing public money from getting into private pockets. This is a crucial step in upholding transparency and accountability and in preserving public confidence on the government,” ends Rep. Bro. Eddie.