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Sara urged to answer AMLC allegations over undeclared bank funds

Akbayan Rep. Jose Manuel Diokno says that Vice President Sara Duterte must answer the allegation that she did not declare millions of inflows from her bank accounts as revealed by the Anti-Money Laundering Council at the House of Representatives justice committee hearing on April 22, 2026. Meanwhile, Diokno shrugged off the alleged inconsistencies in the testimony of alleged bagman Ramil Madriaga, saying that in his 30 years of lawyering, he believes that the testimony of any witness should be treated with a grain of salt.

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Transcript
00:00Well, we need to remind Vice President Sara Duterte
00:04that when we released the AMLA report,
00:07compared to what was declared on her SAL-EN.
00:12Because when we released the net inflow
00:14on the AMLA's account account,
00:17it was about 2.87 billion pesos.
00:22While the declared on her SAL-EN
00:27at 88.5 million pesos lamang.
00:31Napakalaki ng pagkakaiba
00:33yung discrepancy ng dalawang halaga na yan.
00:37At either dito sa committee
00:39o kaya sa senado,
00:41kung yan ang kagustuhan niya,
00:43ay dapat ipaliwanag niya.
00:45Para sa akin, ito ay isang smoking gun
00:48na at least insofar as probable cause is concerned,
00:53ay andyan na yan.
00:55Well, syempre, talagang yung pagkikilatis niyan
00:59pagdating sa credibility ay sa senado
01:02dahil ang maghuhusga talaga ang senado.
01:06Ang tungkulin lang ng committee on justice
01:09ay i-determine kung merong probable cause
01:12ayon sa mga dokumento,
01:14ayon sa mga testimonya
01:15ng mga humaharap na resource persons.
01:18Kaya ito ay kumbaga sa kasong kriminal,
01:21parang sa fiscal pa lang ito,
01:23preliminary investigation,
01:25yan ang kahintulad niyan.
01:26At aabot kung sakali,
01:29aabot tayo sa senado
01:31doon na talaga magkakaroon na masinsinan
01:34na pagtingin ng mga senator judge
01:36doon sa mga kredibilidad
01:39ng lahat ng dokumento at testigo.
01:42Well, syempre,
01:43kung testigo lang ang tinitingnan natin
01:46at ina-assess natin
01:47kung nagsasabi ba yan ng totoo o hindi,
01:50marami dapat may paliwanag
01:52ang isang resource person.
01:53Ako sa aking karanasan
01:55bilang isang abogado
01:56ng more than 30 years,
01:58hindi ako agad-agad
01:59na nagtatanggap
02:00ng mga lahat na sinasabi
02:02ng isang witness o resource person.
02:05At in my own experience,
02:07talagang kailangan malalim
02:09ang pagbebet
02:10bago natin masasabi na
02:12talagang nagsasabi
02:13ng buong katotohanan
02:15ng isang witness.
02:15Si Madriaga ay hindi naman
02:18witness ng kumite yan
02:19at iniharap lang sa amin yan.
02:23So, we also have to look at
02:25his testimony with a grain of salt.
02:28Well, unang-una,
02:29given the evidence that we saw today
02:33and also yung lumabas na
02:35decision ng Commission on Audit,
02:37sa tingin ko,
02:39hindi naman
02:41mas less talaga
02:43ang importance
02:44ng testimony
02:45tulad ng
02:45galing kay Madriaga.
02:48We,
02:49like you said,
02:49kailangan lahat
02:51ng mga bagay
02:51na sinasabi niya,
02:52kailangan merong
02:53corroboration.
02:54Kasi kung hindi,
02:55ay talagang
02:56hindi natin masasabi
02:58na talagang
02:59on the level
03:00yung mga
03:01testimony niya.
03:31Kasi kung hindi niya.
03:32Kasi kung hindi –
03:33kasi kung hindi niya.
03:34Kasi kung hindi niya.
03:35Kasi kung hindi asabi
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