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'DAHIL TINOTAL N'YO 'YUNG FIGURES, MAS MALAKI TULOY TIGNAN, TAMA?'

Defense counsel Mark Vinluan questioned Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director Atty. Ronel Buenaventura over the use of aggregated transaction figures shown to the Senate impeachment court. Vinluan pointed out that the figures could have been shown separately as inflows and outflows, instead of being added together. He argued, “Pero dahil tinotal n’yo ’yung figures, mas malaki tuloy tignan.” Buenaventura said the court did not specifically ask for the figures to be combined. This exchange happened while Buenaventura was testifying about allegations of unexplained wealth involving Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Atty. Mans Carpio. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00Amounts? Pwede namang number of CTRs?
00:03Pwede po.
00:03Pwede po.
00:04Now, pero dahil tinotal niyo yung mga figures, mas malaki tuloy tingnan. Tama?
00:08Argumentative and speculative, Your Honor.
00:11In your letter to Representative Luistro dated October 1, 2026, you attached tabular summaries containing confidential data and information on
00:23VP Sara and attorney months. Do you confirm this?
00:26That is correct, Your Honor.
00:27And these tabular summaries indicated aggregate amounts.
00:32That is correct, Your Honor.
00:34Para lang po madaling maintindihan ng publiko, pag sinabing aggregate amounts, attorney Buenaventura, tinotal niyo na po yung mga figures
00:42per category. Tama?
00:45Tama po.
00:46Aggregate.
00:46Yung po yung nasa request.
00:47Tapos may grand total din. Tama?
00:49Tama po.
00:50Alright.
00:51Now, these aggregate amounts were hundreds of millions to billions. Correct?
00:55Tama po.
00:56Alright. Now, my question is this.
00:58Did the AMLC specifically authorize you to use the aggregate amounts in presenting confidential data and information on VP Sara
01:09and attorney months?
01:11No specific one, but Your Honor, we submitted again a memo to our council regarding this one, Your Honor.
01:18Now, did this Honorable Impeachment Court specifically direct you to use aggregate amounts or yung mga totals in presenting confidential
01:27data and information on VP Sara and attorney months?
01:32Your Honor, what we submitted is only based on the...
01:36We prepared this based on the letter of the...
01:39Let's get...
01:40Don't get ahead of yourself.
01:41I'm just asking if you receive a directive from the Senate Impeachment Court to use those aggregate amounts.
01:48No specific instruction on that, Your Honor.
01:51Now, in fact, there was no court subpoena for these tabular summaries containing aggregate amounts.
01:57Correct?
01:59We can say there is, Your Honor, based on our letter we indicated there that the last paragraph po, Your
02:06Honor, if I may read po, for the avoidance of doubt, the tabular summary is furnished solely in relation to
02:13the subpoenas Duchess Tecum dated July 21, 2026.
02:16You're not being responsive.
02:18I'm asking whether or not, for these tabular summaries, did the court issue a subpoena specifically for these?
02:25I answered this earlier, Your Honor.
02:28Specifically, no, Your Honor.
02:29No.
02:31Now, in other words, pwede nyo namang ibigay na lang yung number of inflow and outflow transactions without aggregating the
02:39figures involved.
02:40Correct?
02:42Pwede ba yun?
02:43Argumentative, Your Honor.
02:45Witness may answer.
02:46He can answer.
02:47Pwede ba.
02:48Attorney may.
02:48Na hindi aggregated amounts?
02:51Pwede namang number of CTRs?
02:53Pwede po.
02:53Pwede.
02:54Pwede po.
02:54Now, pero dahil tinotal nyo yung mga figures, mas malaki tuloy tingnan.
02:58Tama?
02:59Argumentative and speculative, Your Honor.
03:01You're already there, Counsel.
03:03Move on.
03:03Move on to your next point, Counsel.
03:04Now, at any rate, the idea of aggregate amounts only appeared in Representative Luistro's request letter dated September 29, 2026.
03:16Correct?
03:16Already asked and answered, Your Honor.
03:18Tama po.
03:19Tama po.
03:19You're right.
03:19Witness may answer.
03:21Witness can answer.
03:21Aggregated amounts.
03:23Yes, po.
03:23Tama po.
03:24In other words, it was only Representative Luistro who requested to indicate the aggregate amounts in presenting confidential data and
03:32information of BP Sara and Attorney Mance.
03:35Correct?
03:35Already asked and answered, Your Honor.
03:38As indicated in the…
03:40Keep it a notch, a bit lower, Attorney Mark.
03:44No sobrat sa bathroom.
03:46Witness may answer.
03:47As in…
03:48Based on our reply, yes, Your Honor.
03:51But again, as indicated in our letter, we are furnishing this solely in relation to the subpoena to Chess Tech
03:58Home dated July 21, 2026, Your Honor.
04:02Yeah.
04:02At any rate, you obliged to Representative Luistro's request and provided tabular summaries with aggregate amounts.
04:09Correct?
04:11Binigay niyo po yun.
04:12Yes, we provided.
04:13We binigay po.
04:14Yes, Your Honor.
04:15All right.
04:15Now, part of that request is to provide aggregate amounts of covert transaction reports and…
04:21or CTRs and suspicious transaction reports or STRs.
04:25Correct?
04:25Tama po.
04:26All right.
04:27All right.
04:27All right.
04:29All right.
04:30All right.
04:31All right.
04:31All right.
04:37All right.
04:38All right.
04:39All right.
04:39All right.

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