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A prenuptial agreement will not shield Vice President Sara Duterte from allegations of unexplained wealth in her Senate impeachment trial, House prosecution spokesman Robert Ace Barbers said.

Barbers and Bantay Senado convenor Dino de Leon said a possible agreement between Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio, would not exempt her from answering allegations of unexplained wealth, failure to divest business interests, and incomplete disclosures in her statements of assets, liabilities and net worth. (Video courtesy of House of Representatives)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/10/25/will-prenup-save-vp-duterte-in-impeachment-trial-barbers-doesnt-think-so

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00:00Usually, the pre-nup, usually, all the time that I know as a lawyer,
00:05it should be in-annotate to the marriage certificate.
00:10When it comes to our civil registrar,
00:15when it comes to the final marriage certificate,
00:16it should be pre-nup because it should be noticed to the public
00:19that they have the pre-nupcial agreement
00:22so they don't presume that they have the absolute community property under the family code.
00:27So, katakataka naman, abogado naman sila,
00:29alam naman nila na dapat naka-annotate yan
00:31at public na meron silang pre-nupcial agreement in the office of the civil registrar.
00:36That's number one.
00:37Number two, I will caution anyone.
00:43Sabi ko nga kahit tatak-duterte na nagmamanufacture ng evidence
00:46na nakita ko sa kaso ni Layla Delimay,
00:48huwag naman na sana nilang subukan dito.
00:51I would think katakataka yung existence niyan
00:56kusaka sakaling biglang meron pangalawa.
00:58But pangatlo, so yung credibility niyan,
01:01I think of that piece of evidence will be very, very questionable
01:04tsaka yung circumstances as to why it was not declared right from the very start
01:08and not annotated in the marriage certificate.
01:12Pero pangatlo po, kahit po may pre-nup eh.
01:15Kasi po ang nakalagay dun sa kanyang sal-in,
01:18eh, director siya ng Metro City Chao.
01:23Nakalagay dun sa Metro City Chao na GIS
01:25at siya nag-deklara sa kanyang sal-in,
01:26nag-ari-ari-an niya yung Metro City Chao, number one.
01:29Number two, hindi pa rin ma-explain yung pera niya lang mismo,
01:33na bank account niya lang mismo,
01:34nakasama pati si Rodrigo Duterte.
01:36So hindi pa rin mag-a-add up po to zero
01:40just because ipresentan nila yung kanilang prenuptial agreement.
01:45So assuming without conceding that that prenuptial agreement will be valid
01:49or to begin with exists,
01:51marami pa rin mga kailangang sagutin itong si Sarah Duterte.
01:57In fact, tinamong sabi niya nga sa statement niya,
01:59very pregnant yun eh.
02:00Ibig nyo ba sabihin,
02:01bawal mag-negosyo with China?
02:04Di ba?
02:04Siya naman nagsabi dun eh.
02:06Yun yung pinalalabasin nyo,
02:07bawal mag-negosyo with China.
02:08Number one,
02:09yes po madam,
02:10bawal po kasi vice president kayo
02:12hindi naman kayo negosyante.
02:14At pangalawa,
02:15that is again an admission,
02:17pregnant admission,
02:18na hindi nag-negosyo sila mag-asawa with China
02:20at alam niya.
02:23So even if the prenuptial agreement would be presented,
02:27again, just to conclude,
02:29una, questionable ito,
02:31yung circumstance nito,
02:32the probative value is really very weak.
02:35And number three,
02:37it still does not answer
02:38a lot of the pieces of evidence
02:40presented by the prosecution.
02:42Attorney,
02:42kung hindi pwedeng magamit
02:44para makaligtas si BP Sara sa pre-nup,
02:47so ang pwedeng makagamit ng pre-nup
02:49ay si Attorney Manasa Scarpio
02:51para makaligtas yung kanyang property.
02:54Nakupo,
02:55hindi rin naman lingit sa ating mga kalaman
02:57na pwede namang strategiya
02:59ng mga Duterte,
03:00yung laglagan na.
03:01So ilalaglag na nila na si Mons lang yan.
03:05Si Mons lang yung nag-negosyo yung China.
03:07Si Mons lang lahat,
03:08yung mga nag-launder ng money.
03:10Si Mons lang lahat,
03:12God save the queen na siguro ito.
03:14Kung ilalaglag lang nila na si
03:16Attorney Manasa Scarpio lang,
03:18at least based on the pieces of evidence
03:20that we know so far.
03:22Pero again,
03:24it does not exculpate Sara Duterte.
03:27These are things that she knows,
03:29she ought to know,
03:31and based on the pieces of evidence
03:33she submitted herself
03:34and her declarations,
03:36marami doon incriminating
03:38na kahit na may pre-nup,
03:39hindi sila exculpated pareho.
03:43Dagdagan ko lang na maikse
03:45yung tanong ni Christian
03:46doon sa sinagot ni Attorney Dino.
03:48Kasi itong unexplained wealth na article,
03:51yung article 2.
03:53Meron pong mga subsections ito
03:56na nakasama doon sa aming allegation.
03:59Una, yung sinasabing unexplained wealth
04:01o hindi mapaliwanag na yaman.
04:04Pangalawa,
04:05yung non-divestment of our business
04:08and financial interest.
04:09Ito po'y klarong nakasaad
04:12sa ating saligang batas.
04:13Article 7, section 13,
04:15sinasabi na hindi pwedeng mag-engage
04:17any direct or indirect business
04:19ang ating pangalawang Pangulo.
04:22Pangatlo,
04:24itong non-truthful disclosure
04:28doon sa kanyang salen.
04:30Ito'y isang,
04:32ang salen ay batas.
04:33At nakalagay doon,
04:34dapat lahat ng iyong inilalagay dyan
04:37ay pinatutohanan mo.
04:39Kaya nga sinusumpaan ito.
04:41Kasi sinabi mo,
04:42wala kang cash in bank,
04:44sinabi mo,
04:45wala kang cash on hand,
04:47pero ang records
04:48na galing din sa'yo
04:50ay pinasisinungalingan
04:52yung sinabi mo doon sa'yo yung salen.
04:54So,
04:55these three,
04:56assuming for the sake of argument
04:58that that prenup really exists,
05:01it will only,
05:02it will not exculpate si BP Sara
05:06from being impeached.
05:09Yung property
05:11ang hinihiwalay
05:13malamang
05:13o yung assets
05:14ang nahihiwalay dito.
05:16Pero that is still
05:17a long story.
05:18Hindi pa rin yun.
05:19Kaya nga kanina sabi ko,
05:21dapat suriing mabuti
05:22yung dokumentong
05:23kanilang ipipresenta.
05:39Kaya nga kanina sabi ko,

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