Shame on you Mikey Arroyo

MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo on Monday refuted reports of irregularities in his statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN), calling them "malicious" and a waste of his time.

Arroyo asserted that he and his family could afford to buy properties in the United States, such as the one the Vera Files reported on.

"If you examine clearly my SAL, if you read it well, you can see we can well afford to buy properties," he told INQUIRER.net in a phone interview.

"I have always been transparent with my SALN ever since I entered public office. I have declared everything I own there. It is self explanatory," he said in a statement.

Coming to his defense, Speaker Prospero Nograles echoed Arroyo's statement and criticized the report as "nitpicking" against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's eldest son.

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"A perusal of the statement of assets and liabilities of Representative Mikey Arroyo sufficiently shows that he and his family can afford the value of the properties subject to this issue," Nograles said in a text message.

"Personally, I find this issue nitpicking in the sense that the congressman can well afford the assets attributed to him," Nograles said, adding that the SALN can be "legally amended without liability if and when any oversight that is not substantial is discovered or corrected."

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