Pres. Duterte is ready to reveal his bank transactions.
DUTERTE – Philippine Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte has signed a waiver which permits the banks to release the information regarding his bank transactions.
After Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s allegation that the President has hidden wealth in his bank accounts, Pres. Duterte is now open for the releasing of the information regarding his bank transactions based on a recent news report in Phil Star Global.
According to the news report, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said that the 71-year-old Chief Executive has already signed the waiver which gives the banks permission to release the documents that contain his bank transactions.
Furthermore, Panelo said that it already depends on the banks if they will release the information regarding the bank transactions of the President.
Based on the news report, speaking to an interview with dzRB radio station, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that he could not really determine if Pres. Duterte would file charges against Sen. Trillanes in case that his accusations against the Chief Executive would not be proven to be true.
He also expressed that the matters depend on the Anti-Money Laundering Council as of the moment.
“I don’t know about the filing of charges but it—everything depends on AMLC I suppose right now to do what they need to do,” the Presidential Spokesperson said based on the news report.
Based on a previous news report, Sen. Trillanes who is a staunch critic of the President has revived the issue regarding the alleged hidden wealth of the then Mayor of Davao City.
The Senator challenged the President to prove him wrong regarding his allegation that he has over P2 billion in his bank accounts. He vowed to resign in case his allegation would be proven false.
“Pagka nailabas ‘yung transaction history niya at ako ay mali, ako ay magre-resign sa Senado [If I will be able to reveal his transaction history and I am wrong, I will resign from the Senate],” Sen. Trillanes said.
