VP bet Leni Robredo signs waiver on bank accounts

Administration vice presidential candidate and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo on Friday released a signed waiver allowing the Ombudsman to look into her bank accounts.

On her Twitter account, Robredo posted an "affidavit of transparency" she signed on Thursday, the same day administration standard bearer Manuel "Mar" Roxas II presented to the media his signed bank secrecy waiver.

[A] Leni Robredo signs affidavit to allow the Ombudsman to open her bank account. pic.twitter.com/XC5dSnsZtr

— Leni Robredo (@lenirobredo) April 29, 2016

"Naniniwala ako na dapat malinaw sa publiko ang yaman ng mga naglilingkod sa gobyerno," the affidavit states.

"Bilang isang kandidato sa darating na halalan, ako'y naniniwala na dapat wala akong anumang itinatago sa publiko," it added.

Transparency on the candidates' financial records have become an issue in the past days following Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's allegation that survey frontrunner Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte had been untruthful in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN).

Duterte has since denied the allegation.

Several other candidates running for national positions have also waived their bank secrecy rights. — Kathrina Charmaine Alvarez/RSJ, GMA News