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President Marcos is willing to undergo a lifestyle check along with all members of the Executive branch, Malacañang said amid the administration’s probe into anomalous flood control projects.

Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after the President ordered a lifestyle check on all government officials involved in flood control projects, beginning with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), to pursue accountability across the bureaucracy.

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/08/29/marcos-ready-for-lifestyle-check-palace-says

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00:00Ma'am, some congressmen and senators are calling or urging the president to subject himself to a lifestyle check following yung kanyang directive for all executive agencies.
00:11Ma'am, is the president willing to magpa-ano po ng lifestyle check?
00:16Lahat ng parte na ekotibo ay ready for lifestyle check.
00:23So ma'am, nakausap niyo po ba siya regarding this and his affirmative po?
00:27Lahat po na ekotibo, miembro na ekotibo ay ready. Pati pang Pangulo.
00:33How about ma'am sa full, kasi si Senator Risa Ontiveros, she's also calling for the full disclosure of SALEN. How about that matter po ma'am?
00:45Okay, lumalayo kasi po tayo sa issue. Sinabi po natin na ang Pangulo, ang buong ekotibo ay ready for lifestyle check.
00:54So huwag po tayong lumayo sa issue. Ang issue po ngayon ay tuligsain at habulin ang mga involved sa flood control projects.
01:04So huwag po natin ibahin at huwag tayong medyo mamulitika patungkol dito.
01:08Okay ma'am. Thank you po.
01:09Follow up question, Ivan Mayrina, GMA7.
01:14You said related question on the lifestyle check. Nabanggit niyo po when you announced this lifestyle check na may involve po ang ombudsman dito po sa gusto mangyaring lifestyle check ng Pangulo.
01:25Can you tell us exactly how the palace wants the ombudsman to conduct a lifestyle check?
01:30Nabanggit po natin ang ombudsman dahil sila po ay may karapatan at may authority to initiate investigation on this matter.
01:36Ngunit ang ombudsman po ay isang independent constitutional body at kung ano man po ang kanilang magiging proseso or mechanics patungkol po dito, nasa ombudsman na po iyon.
01:46Has the desire of the President been communicated to the acting, the recently appointed acting ombudsman, Dante Vargas?
01:53Sa ngayon po ay tatanungin po natin kung ano po ang pinaka-recent na usapan nila.
01:58At ibibigay ko po sa inyo kapag ako ay nabigyan na po ng update.
02:01Salamat po.
02:02Follow up question, Maricel Halili, TV5.
02:06Yusek, follow up lang po.
02:10Hindi po ba necessary yung SAL-EN for a lifestyle check?
02:13Kaya nga po.
02:14Kaya nga po ready po lahat.
02:16So kasama po yung SAL-EN.
02:18So is the President willing to show his SAL-EN?
02:21Kasama po sa lifestyle check.
02:22Pagka po nagkaroon lifestyle check, mauna, mahuli man ang Pangulo, kasama po yan.
02:26So willing po si Presidente to show if necessary.
02:29Kung kinakailangan nga po, sabi nga po natin, ulitin natin, lahat ng miyembro ng Ehekotibo ready for a lifestyle check.
02:47You
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