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WATCH: Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero questioned AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura over the discrepancy between Vice President Sara Duterte’s SALN totals and the amount being discussed in the impeachment trial.

Escudero said he added Duterte’s declared assets from 2022 to 2025, which totaled more than P336 million, still short of the P424 million figure.

He noted that the SALNs should not normally be added because they cover different years and may include assets already declared in previous filings. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

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00:10Pumasok at lumabas sa mga account ni Vice President Duterte at kanyang asawa na si Atty. Carpio.
00:19Tama po. 424179536.1
00:21And this covers only the period 2022 to 2025.
00:25Tama po, Your Honor.
00:29Sir, again, I try to bring first things in its absurd possibility to find out and test a hypothesis.
00:40I-add ko po yung Sal N ng ikalawang Pangulo mula 2022, 23, 24, at 25.
00:47I-add.
00:48Hindi naman dapat in-add yun, di ba?
00:50Kasi iba-ibang tao naman yun eh.
00:52At kasama na yung deklarasyon na huli doon sa unang deklarasyon.
00:56It totaled 336 million and change.
01:02Hindi pa rin umabot ng 424.
01:06Meaning to say, on the assumption na walang ginastos,
01:11walang ginastos mula sa lahat ng assets nila at lahat na dineposito sa banko,
01:18hindi pa rin naabot sa ganito kalaking halaga.
01:22Ang, sa palagay at pananaw nyo, ulitin ko, in the realm of possibilities,
01:26what would explain this huge amount?
01:31Posible ba yung in and out?
01:35Hindi ko po masagot.
01:37Hindi ko po nakita yung sa Sal N, pero kung base lang po doon sa premise na binigay nyo po.
01:41Based on the premise that I give, because it's an accurate depiction of the Sal N for those 4 years.
01:47So, yung po kasing transaction as reported to us,
01:51they happened across the years, across the entire year po, or years po.
01:56So, hindi po siya...
01:574 years.
01:58I mean, ibig ko po sabihin, sa isang taon, yung transaction po na ito,
02:02hindi naman po ginawa lang ng isang beses,
02:04kundi spread din po, as reported to us po.
02:08So, kung...
02:10Ang pagkakaintindi ko po sa Sal N kasi yung ending po, yun sa December po.
02:16So, kung yung...
02:19Yung asset po kasi, hindi naman po siya yung transaction.
02:23Hindi nga, dapat bilang yun, di ba? Pero binilang ko na nga eh.
02:27Opo, kaya...
02:30Hindi ko po...
02:32Medyo hindi ko po ma...
02:34So, hindi nyo po kayang paliwanag.
02:35You cannot explain...
02:37Hindi ko po maipaliwanag.
02:38You cannot explain how it reached 424 million.
02:43Assuming the presumption of this representation is correct with respect to her Sal N.
02:50Opo, hindi ko po maipaliwanag po yun. Apologies po.
02:54Doon sa 4.4 billion, yun din ang katanungan ko.
02:58Yung 4.4 billion covering the period 2007 to 2025.
03:05Again, I bring it to its absurd point.
03:08We tried to add to all of the amounts in the combined Sal N's for those covered period of 2007
03:14to 2025.
03:17It totaled only 840 million.
03:23Again, as you said earlier, Attorney Ronel, kasaban na nga dyan yung assets, di ba?
03:26Hindi na nga yung sa deposito lang sa banko.
03:28Hindi nga lang yung cash eh.
03:31So, you would need 5x at least, 5 times of the combined Sal N from 2007 to 2025
03:38to be able to explain the huge amount of 4.4 billion in transactions.
03:45In the realm of possibilities, again, can you explain how it could reach that amount
03:51knowing that the highest Sal N in 2025 was at 98 million and the lowest Sal N in 2007 was
03:59at 7 million?
04:02Can you explain it, sir?
04:04I am unable to explain or answer that, Your Honor.
04:07Just based on the records, Your Honor.
04:10Alam ko po, but in the realm of possibilities, is there a possible explanation that can come to your mind
04:16as to how this can be?
04:20If you know.
04:21No, you're on top of my head.
04:23Medyo nahihirapan din po ako.
04:26So, hindi nyo rin po kayang paliwanan kung bakit umabot ng ganito ka 4.4 billion yung amount.
04:34Based on the data I relate to you on the Sal N.
04:39Yun po, hindi ko po masagot po, Your Honor.
04:43Ang sweldo po ng ikalawang Pangulo, kada buwan ay 350,000.
04:48From 2022 to 2025,
04:54So, balit, ayon sa datos nyo, dumaan sa accounts nilang mag-asawa,
04:58sweldo lang po yung pinagbabasiyan ko.
04:59Lilitan ko naman, again, to the opposite absurd.
05:02To the opposite absurd point.
05:06Kaya nyo bang ipaliwanag kung paano pa rin nakarating ng 424 million
05:12ang kabuhang transaksyon sa loob ng 2022 to 2025.
05:18Kung ang sweldo po,
05:20indeklaradong kita o income,
05:22base sa sweldo lamang,
05:24ay 350,000.
05:27Apologies po, Your Honor.
05:28I cannot explain.
05:29You cannot explain it as well?
05:30Yes, Your Honor.
05:42You cannot explain it as well.

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