Duterte lawyer calls Trillanes claims ‘hearsay’
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (L) and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. INQUIRER/CDN FILE PHOTOS
The legal counsel of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte belittled the affidavit executed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, calling his statement as “hearsay”
In Trillanes’ affidavit, he said he got the documents about Duterte’s bank accounts through a certain Joseph De Mesa, allegedly a former supporter of the Davao mayor.
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Trillanes said De Mesa obtained the documents from a close relative working for an agency investigating the ill-gotten wealth of government officials.
“In other words, it was a hearsay coming from De Mesa. He heard it from De Mesa. Kumbaga, hindi lang ito kuwentong kutsero, kuwentong barbero pa (It’s all fish tale),” Salvador Panelo, who has the special power of attorney from Duterte, told reporters.
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Panelo said he showed the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Trillanes’ affidavit showing Duterte’s supposed transaction history.
“The official of the bank said: ‘Ay Sir, wala po kaming form na ganiyan, e computer lang po iyan e.’ Kumbaga, tinype lang nila iyon, pinagsama-sama lang nila’ (The official of the bank said, ‘Sir, we don’t have a form like that. It’s like a hodgepodge),” Panelo said. IDL
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