TUPAS' TURN TO PROVE HE'S CLEAN!

It’s now the turn of impeachment trial lead prosecutor Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. to prove that he got rich LEGALLY.

Tupas admitted owning a house in Xaviervilla Subdivision, one of the most expensive villages in Quezon City. He said the structure costs P14 million and not P50 million as reported.

But  Tupas DID NOT SPECIFY if the P14 million was the cost of the house only or for the house and lot. A licensed Quezon City-based real estate businessman informed me that THERE IS NO WAY that P14 million will be enough for a house and lot in Xaverville.

Surely, the lot was NOT FREE. And if it is indeed free, Tupas will have a whole damned lot to explain.

As a congressman, Tupas only earns P25,000 a month. Therefore, he has to EXPLAIN where did he get the money for the house.

It’s now Tupas’ turn to make public his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) and all the other proofs of his income and monies, including his bank deposits.

FOR SCRUTINY by the public.

Tupas boasted to reporters that he could pay for the house even without a loan. That means he has a lot more than P14 million. So he should reveal where he gets his money, and prove that it’s LEGAL and CLEAN.

The people have a right to know.  

Tupas DID NOT CITE any source of income in his press statement in the Philippine Star.

If he has nothing to hide, there should be no problem for Tupas to IMMEDIATELY release all these details to media. Unless he can show proof, 

Tupas is NOT EXEMPT under any circumstance from immediate public disclosure of his SALN.

Neither should he use his preoccupation with the Corona impeachment trial as an excuse to defer disclosure of his SALN. His staff can prepare his SALN for him.

If he can’t make a public disclosure personally, his staff can do it for him.

All these, of course, on the assumption that Tupas knows the meaning of TRANSPARENCY and FAIR PLAY.

                                                          

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From the readers:

FARINAS’ SELF-SERVING CLAIMS

MAE ELIZALDE

Farinas is so …it’s a pathetic comment. I wish the prosecution would stop talking na lang. Less talk, less mistake.

AUDI MAGNAYE of San Pascual, Batangas

Paano na si Teresa (Carlson, Farinas’ late wife who’s suposedsuicide was questioned by many)?

GRACE ANDRES

You sound like a spin doctor for the Chief Justice. Nevertheless, what Congressman Farinas is saying is that the Chief Justice should not have accepted the services of his top caliber lawyers for free  because that is tantamount to accepting favors by a government official which is prohibited by law.

TORO HAYDEN

Farinas has some psychiatric problems...the issue on the ‘suicide’ of his wife is still unresolved.

NORA ENCISO of Cainta, Rizal

(Farinas) never impressed me!

AUDIE LEBARIOS

Next time we hear from the Prosecution, CJ is not observing work hours (familiar with the Malacanang tenant?).

VICTOR CASTANEDA of Daly City, California, USA

Anyone who wants to represent himself in a court hearing has a fool for a client. Even if he is capable of defending himself because of his knowledge of the law, the Chief Justice is not a fool like you, Rep. Rudy Farinas.

SAMANTHA JESSICA ABARQUEZ

Tell Farinas to go home and teach his wife to speak unbroken English and Tagalog...bago siya mag-grandstanding sa korte and flaunt his stupidity and IDIOTIC tendencies

ANONYMOUS

Why this statement now, when they knew it from the very start? 
Huwag na magdahilan pa kung ano-ano! Ang mamamayan, nakikiramdam, nagmamasid, nagbabasa, nakikinig.. 

RANDY MANDAP of Marikina

Ibig bang sabihin, Mr. Farinas, kung ang anak mo o kapamilya mo naakusahan ng krimen, ikukuha mo sila ng abugadong pulpol? Pagkatapos nyo gipitin si CJ Corona, inaasahan nyo pa syang kumapit sa kawala?  Sabagay, kaya ko nga nagustuhan si CJ Corona,  pagkatapos nyo gipitin sa Diyos at panalangin sya kumapit. 30