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Ex-Lanao del Sur town mayor indicted for not declaring firearms, vehicle in SALN

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Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

MANILA - The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to charge former Marantao, Lanao del Sur mayor Mohammadali Abboh Abinal for violating the code of conduct and perjury for misrepresentations in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs).<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Ombudsman finds probable cause to indict ex-Marantao, Lanao del Sur mayor Mohammadali Abboh Abinal for SALN mistepresentations after failing to declare five firearms &amp; a vehicle from 2007 to 2012.— Adrian Ayalin (@adrianayalin) <a href="https://twitter.com/adrianayalin/status/1004558990980702208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>The Ombudsman said Abinal failed to declare 5 firearms and a vehicle in his SALNs from 2007 to 2012.“Respondent made a willful and deliberate assertion of a falsehood when he failed to declare the mentioned assets in his SALNs. It must be stressed that he certified in his SALNs that the contents thereof are true statements of his assets and liabilities, including those of his wife and unmarried children below 18 years of age.”Abinal however claimed that the firearms and his vehicle are no longer in his possession.“His claims that his firearms were either confiscated or lost and that his truck was scrapped are matters of defense involving factual issues, hence, should be fully explained and threshed out not in a preliminary investigation but during trial,” it added.The Ombudsman stressed that the public has the right to know the assets, liabilities, net worth, as well as financial and business interests of all public officials, including their spouses and unmarried children under 18 still living in their households.

The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to charge former Marantao, Lanao del Sur mayor Mohammadali Abboh Abinal for violating the code of conduct and perjury for misrepresentations in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs).

The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to charge former Marantao, Lanao del Sur mayor Mohammadali Abboh Abinal for violating the code of conduct and perjury for misrepresentations in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs).

Ex-Lanao del Sur town mayor indicted for not declaring firearms, vehicle in SALN

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Ex-Lanao del Sur town mayor indicted for not declaring firearms, vehicle in SALN

Adrian Ayalin,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 07, 2018 11:39 AM PHT

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