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Atty. Mae Divinagracia asked witness Vengeline Bahan to confirm whether the P938,512 compensation of Vice President Sara Duterte, reflected in the 2022 Commission on Audit (COA) report, was correct.

Bahan clarified that the amount referred to Duterte’s gross compensation and had not yet been adjusted for leave without pay. Divinagracia pressed her to confirm whether the reported figure was accurate during the 41st day of the impeachment trial on Tuesday, Nov. 10. (Video courtesy of the Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00You will confirm na ang inuulat na total compensation ng Vice President then Mayor Sara Duterte noong 2022 ay 938
00:11,512.
00:13Based po dito, Your Honor, pero po ang nag-prepared ito is the HRMO po. Sila po ang may copy
00:20nito.
00:21So magkaiba po ang may variance po ito kasi ang accounting is the actual duties po.
00:27So may mga leave without people at sya ka yung mga deductions po.
00:32Again, Ms. Bahad, please just be responsive to the question.
00:37That's the answer.
00:37Based on the document, ang inuulat na total compensation ng Vice President then Mayor Sara Duterte ay 938,512.
00:48Yes, do we just already answer that question, Your Honor?
00:51Already answered. Move on, Attorney May. Let's move on, Attorney May.
00:56You will confirm na nung time na sinumite ito at i-prepare ito at sinumite itong dokumentong ito sa COA,
01:05alam na ng City of Davao yung total compensation incurred and earned by the then Mayor Sara Duterte in 2022.
01:17Yung format po, ito kasi po yung format, yung profile, City Planning po ang nag-prepare, yung format po na
01:26mga salaries is from HRMO po.
01:28So magkaiba po yung report ng BIR against for that annual audit.
01:33I'm not even referring to the BIR, Ms. Bahad.
01:35Ms. Yvonne, I know you mean well, but kindly just answer the question.
01:41Attorney Lyndon will have every opportunity to make you explain, but kindly just answer the question.
01:47You will confirm po na nung pinipare itong notes to financial statement na ito, and it was also submitted to
01:57the COA,
01:59alam na po ng City of Davao yung kabuuhang salary, or the salaries that were already incurred or earned by
02:09the then Vice,
02:12by then Mayor Sara Duterte in 2022. Tama po ba?
02:16Yung 2022 po na computation based po sa HR po.
02:20Hindi po yan tanong. Ang tanong ko po, nung pinipare po ito, alam na kung magkano ang kabuuhang salary na
02:28na-earn ng Mayor Duterte,
02:32nung panahon na mayor pa siya ng Davao, ng 2022. Tama po ba?
02:37For the year 2022. So, etong amount na ito, eto na ang kabuuhang compensation ni Sara Duterte mula sa Davao
02:49in 2022,
02:50including the salary differential. Tama po ba?
02:54Yung sabi ko po kanina, attorneys, may mga absence po yan. Yan po na gross income is from HRMO po,
03:01yung parang gitimes po nila yung monthly times 12 po.
03:05Pero kanina, sinasabi ninyo na yung expenses incurred are recorded on the year that these expenses were incurred. Tama po
03:18ba?
03:19Yes po, attorney. Pero ang nagprepare po nito...
03:20Wait lang, Ms. Bahan. Please be responsive. I'm not asking you to explain.
03:24Ngayon, ang record na sinasabi ko, at ang record na sinasabi mo rin kanina, eto, etong record na ito.
03:33Dito sa COA report or dito sa notes to the financial statement. Tama po ba?
03:38Ang notes to financial statements po, iba po ang forms. So, etong naka-indicate po dito, attorneys,
03:43yung from amount po na from HRMO po ang naglagay.
03:48Hindi po ba dumaan sa inyo itong COA report?
03:50Sinasabi nyo po na hindi ito dumaan sa inyong COA report kahit po kayo ang accounting office ng city.
03:58Tumaan po, pero yung mga reforma po na mga reports, ipaiba kasi po.
04:04Hindi nyo... Are you saying, Ms. Bahan, na may mali dito sa COA report ninyo?
04:14Wala pong mali. A matter of presentation lang po.
04:17Matter of presentation. So, tama po.
04:19You will confirm...
04:20Sorry, Your Honor.
04:23Proceded anyway.
04:24So, you will confirm na itong amount na ito, na 938,512, na naiulat bilang kabuuhang compensation of then Mayor
04:36Sara Duterte,
04:38it's correct. Tama?
04:39Yung gross amount po, Yana.
04:41Tama.
04:41Hindi po ba tindeduct po yung mga leave without pay?
04:44Pero tama po ito. Tama po ba?
04:46Yung sa gross amount po.
04:48Tama po itong amount na ito. Gross amount of the compensation earned by respondents.
04:53Yes po, kasi galing po yan sa HRMO po.
04:57Okay.
04:59Ngayon, yung kanina, may in-identify ka rin na amount na compensation na binayaran ng Davao City
05:06kay Mayor Duterte in 2022.
05:11Ang amount na ito ay yung 881,000. Naaalalan nyo ba?
05:16Yung sa 2316 po.
05:18Yes, for 2022.
05:19Yes po.
05:21At kung i-deduct mo yung 881,012 na binayaran ng Davao City noong 2022
05:32from the amount, the gross compensation recorded in the COA report or the financial statement,
05:39the 2022 financial statement, hindi tutugma dun sa halaga na makikita sa Form 2316 noong 2023.
05:52Tama po ba?
05:53Yes po.
05:53Okay, Ms. Mibahan, I'm not asking you to explain. I'm satisfied with your answer.

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