House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III has reconstituted the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) Review and Compliance Committee of the House of Representatives, pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 6713 and consistent with the Speaker’s earlier statements regarding revisiting the House’s guidelines on the release of SALNs. The longtime public servant also released his SALN to the media on Wednesday, following earlier commitments to make his SALN public.
In a memorandum order dated October 20, 2025, Deputy Speaker and South Cotabato 2nd District Rep. Ferdinand L. Hernandez was designated as Chairperson of the Committee, with Iloilo 3rd District Rep. Lorenz R. Defensor and Marikina 2nd District Rep. Romero Federico S. Quimbo as Vice Chairpersons.
“Lawmakers’ SALNs used to be open to public inspection and that Congress should consider returning to that practice.”
The members of the Committee include TGP Party-list Rep. Jose “Bong” J. Teves Jr., Tarlac 2nd District Rep. Maria Cristina C. Angeles, Quezon 1st District Rep. Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga, Ilocos Norte 2nd District Rep. Angelo M. Barba, and Dinagat Islands Lone District Rep. Arlene J. Bag-ao.
To provide technical and administrative support, the Secretariat will be composed of senior officials from the Legal Affairs, Legislative Operations, and Administrative Departments, the Office of the Secretary General, the Committee on Rules, and the Records Management Service, along with one representative from the Office of the Speaker.
In the said memo, which takes effect immediately, the Speaker said “the Committee will continue to perform its mandate as contained in House Memorandum Order No. 17-42 (SPK) dated December 20, 2016, and in the Rules of Procedure in the Filing, Review, and Disclosure of, and Access to, the SALNs of Members, Officials, and Employees of the House of Representatives under Resolution No. 176 adopted on January 30, 2019.”
The reconstitution of the SALN Committee follows the Speaker’s statement last week that the House will review its rules on the public disclosure of members’ SALNs to ensure transparency and accountability. In a radio interview last Wednesday with former House member and radio host Ted Failon, Dy also shared that House members are generally open to the idea of making their SALNs public.
Dy added that lawmakers’ SALNs used to be open to public inspection and that Congress should consider returning to that practice. “Noong panahon natin, open naman para makita ng publiko ‘yung ating SALN,” he said. The Isabela lawmaker also told Failon, when asked if he was willing to release his SALN, “kung kinakailangan, syempre, lead by example tayo.”
