Senator Antonio Trillanes continued to grill the presidential son Vice mayor Paolo Duterte and his brother-in-law Atty. Manases Carpio in the senate hearing on Thursday, Trillanes alleged the two for owning multiple bank accounts containing hundreds and millions of pesos.
Trillanes went on claiming that Paolo Duterte had more than P104.28 million in various bank accounts in Davao City, Carpio and his wife Davao City mayor Sara Duterte, had more than P121.1 million deposited in various banks in Davao City and other locations in the country.
He asked Paolo Duterte if he had an account at the Philippine National Bank branch in Sta. Ana, Davao City, in which Duterte responded with that of he invokes his right against self-incrimination in refusing to answer the senator’s queries, citing that it is not part of the inquiry.
He also asked them to sign a waiver that would allow their bank accounts to be investigated.
Paolo Duterte and Carpio rejected the idea of signing the waiver and neither one of them denied nor confirmed the existence of the said bank accounts.
“I’m not willing to sign the waiver. I’m not familiar with those figures,” Carpio said.
“I have the same answer. I will not sign the waiver,” Duterte also said.
(DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 09/08 / 17)