Palace Speaks on Pres. Marcos Jr. Value for Accountability in Gov’t
MARCOS JR – Malacañang claimed the President supports the call of Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero over the waiving of bank secrecy rights by the government officials.
In one of his latest podcast, Pres. Bongbong Marcos denied having a role in the impeachment process of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte saying that his time is all spent on the things that would uplift the lives of the Filipino people and be beneficial to the country. The Palace also clarified that the President wants the K-12 program fixed.
According to Pres. Bongbong Marcos, his desired legacy is to be remembered that his administration “made a change for the better”. Following the 2025 Midterm Elections, the President also called for the resignation of his Cabinet secretaries as he wants a performance check.
Marcos Jr. also confirmed that the whole government is under probation now as he wants a continuous performance check among the officials to ensure they deliver the right services to the people. Recently, Malacañang spoke on the President’s stand over accountability in the government.
Based on a report on Inquirer, Palace press undersecretary Atty. Claire Castro claimed that Marcos Jr. agrees with the measure refiled by Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero ordering the waiving of the bank secrecy rights among the government officials. The Malacañang official stressed that the Chief Executive believes that transparency and accountability must be uphold in the government.
“So, we won’t be getting a negative response from the president,” the Malacañang official said.
Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero recently refiled a measure mandating all officials of the government as well as government employees to waive their bank secrecy rights under the Republic Act No. 1405 or the Law on the Secrecy of Bank Deposits.
According to Escudero, the bank secrecy laws now prevent illegal activities unlike their purpose before which was for savings and economic growth of the government officials. Based on the report, he also claimed that the Philippines is the last country with full secrecy.
“The laws may have served their purpose in the past, but their rigidity has enabled corruption to thrive under the guise of confidentiality. We are the last country standing in preserving absolute secrecy. That distinction doesn’t protect democracy but rather, it undermines it,” he said.
Recently, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte claimed that Pres. Bongbong Marcos’ administration is allegedly all about politics. According to her, helping the Filipino people is supposedly not in the priorities of the current admin.