Honasan issues bank waiver
06/08/2012Sen. Gregorio Honasan yesterday joined the growing ranks of upper chamber members who have issued waivers on the confidentiality and secrecy of bank deposits, accepting a challenge posed upon them by Sen. Francis Escudero.
“I decided it will serve public interest and transparency and that I guess this is the call of the people who placed me here as a senator of the Republic. Definitely, I have no dollar accounts,” Honasan told a weekly news forum, explaining the reason he deeded the call of his fellow Bicolano.
“As I’ve said, it is an individual judgment call based on your reading of the public sentiment. Since I am an elected official, I have both responsibility and quantifiable and qualifiable accountability. That was my call,” he added..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120608nat3.html
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