Image from Rody Duterte Facebook account- Presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte accepts challenge posed by Senator Trillanes to sign a bank secrecy waiver
- Duterte’s lawyers presented the summary of deposits in the mentioned BPI account showing the account’s history from December 31, 2015 to March 31, 2016
- Duterte already gave his consent to BPI-Julia Vargas to open his accounts in front of his lawyer and Senator Trillanes on Monday, May 2
Presidential race frontrunner and Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte announced on Friday, April 29 2016, that he accepts the challenge posed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to open his bank account, after several days of denying the accusations of having P211-M deposited in an undeclared bank account from his 2014 Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN).
Philstar wrote that a tweet from Junyee Loyola of TV5 exposed the summary of deposits in the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) account from the Julia Vargas branch that Trillanes claims to belong to Duterte. The summary, provided by Duterte’s lawyers, shows deposits done from December 31, 2015 to March 31, 2016 amounting to P17,668 and have increased to P27,024 by April 29, 2016.
As mentioned by CNN Philippines, Duterte has already asked BPI Julia Vargas branch to open his account records on Monday, May 2, in front of his lawyer Salvador Panelo and Senator Trillanes. Duterte stated that he will be unable to go to the bank himself due to a commitment at his hometown, Davao City.
“Be there on Monday so that at least Trillanes would know exactly if I have money (in that account),” Duterte told the media.
Trillanes previously challenged Duterte to meet him in the BPI branch on Monday morning and sign the bank secrecy waiver. Duterte dared Trillanes back — to bring his statement under oath or an affidavit to declare as to how he got the information on his bank accounts.
However, Trillanes refused to take Duterte’s challenge to bring an affidavit; saying Duterte is misdirecting the public on the issue.
“He wants me to detail how I got the information. I won’t do that because I won’t compromise the safety of my informants,” Trillanes said.
BPI, meanwhile, denied via an official statement released on April 29, 2016 that there was any breach in its banking system leading to the leak of a client’s information.
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