{"id":152638,"date":"2018-02-13T03:51:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T08:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=152638"},"modified":"2018-02-13T03:51:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T08:51:04","slug":"senate-probe-on-dutertes-alleged-ill-gotten-wealth-should-stop-solgen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/13\/senate-probe-on-dutertes-alleged-ill-gotten-wealth-should-stop-solgen\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate probe on Duterte’s alleged ill-gotten wealth should stop \u2014 SolGen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Solicitor General Jose C. Calida. (PNA photo)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday said that any investigation of the Senate into the alleged ill-gotten wealth of President Rodrigo Duterte should as it would only be a “waste of time.”<\/p>\n

Calida supported his statement by revealing in a press conference that the investigation into the filed plunder case of opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV against Duterte has already been \u201cclosed and terminated\u201d by the Office of the Ombudsman.<\/p>\n

The Solicitor General presented a letter from the Office of the Ombudsman showing that the investigation into the complaint against Duterte\u2019s wealth has been closed on Nov. 29, 2017.<\/p>\n

Calida also questioned why Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales did not inform that the investigation into the complaint has already been terminated.<\/p>\n

According to him, he was only informed of the termination after he wrote a letter to Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang, who informed him that the investigation\u00a0had ended.<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s top lawyer, then, called the Trillanes’ evidence as a “garbage.”<\/p>\n

\u201cTrillanes seeks another Senate hearing about his garbage evidence. The Senate\u00a0should stop this investigation,\u201d Calida said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has to eat his garbage. He was bragging his evidence came from the Anti-Money\u00a0Laundering Council (AMLC), and the AMLC disowned it not once, not twice, but\u00a0thrice,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Ombudsman has earlier probed Duterte’s alleged hidden wealth which stemmed from the allegations of Trillanes that the President has transactions that may have violated the Anti-Money Laundering Act.<\/p>\n

Trillanes, in response to Calida\u2019s statement, said, \u201cIf what I have is nothing but garbage, then why are they panicking? And why can’t Mr. Duterte just accept my challenge for him to sign a waiver and if I am wrong in my allegations then I would resign immediately as Senator and voluntarily walk in any jail of his choice?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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