Marcos nod seen as key to opening Sara Duterte records

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. —Screenshot from Presidential Communications Office video

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. may have a critical role to play if the prosecution insists on presenting the tax and bank records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio, in her impeachment trial.

Senate impeachment court spokesperson Reginald Tongol said on Thursday that the procedure used to obtain those documents during the 2012 impeachment trial of the late former Chief Justice Renato Corona may again be followed this time. Corona was convicted after several months.

Tongol said at an online press briefing that during Corona’s trial 14 years ago, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares sought authorization from President Benigno Aquino III after the Senate impeachment court issued a subpoena for the chief justice’s tax records.

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