The tough-talking mayor of Davao City and considered as the leading presidential candidate Mayor Rody Duterte bared on Wednesday a certificate from the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) saying that his dollar account only had $5,000 more than a year ago.
During the mayor’s visit at the Philippine Star Office in Manila, the PDP-Laban standard-bearer presented a certification from the bank stating that a dollar account under the name Rodrigo Roa Duterte or Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Sara Z. Duterte, his daughter, contained $5,021.70 as of March 31, 2014.
According to the 71-year-old Mayor Rody Duterte there had been no movement in the account of the mayor from 2013 to 2016, until deposits of $5 and $10 were made after reports of the mayor’s alleged undeclared dollar account which was exposed by the controversial Sen. Antonio Trillanes.
Based upon the dollar account and the documents presented by Mayor Duterte his dollar account now contains $5,065.33, he said, or about P239,000 if converted into pesos.
Rody Duterte also presented a bank statement from BPI Julia Vargas Avenue branch in Pasig City regarding his account earlier revealed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and alleged to contain over P200 million and undeclared in the mayor’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN).
Duterte’s spokesperson, Peter Laviña, claimed the account had been dormant since March 31, 2014, containing only P17,816.98.
