Marcoleta faces perjury complaint

Poll watchdog Kontra Daya and the Advocates of Public Interest Law have filed a perjury complaint against Sen. Rodante Marcoleta before the Office of the Ombudsman over his alleged non-declaration of campaign contributions in his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) for the May 2025 elections.

- ELIZABETH MARCELO

The joint complaint-affidavit was filed by Danilo Arao of Kontra Daya and public interest lawyers Alexander Lacson and Dino de Leon representing the Advocates of Public Interest Law.

The complainants said Marcoleta, in an interview with television program “Sa Ganang Mamamayan” aired on Net25 last Nov. 7, disclosed that contributions formed part of his P112 million in campaign funds for the May 12, 2025 elections.

The complainants said that Marcoleta, in the same interview, admitted that he did not declare these campaign contributions in his SOCE filed with the Commission on Elections because his donors supposedly asked him “not to identify them.”