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CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS House prosecutor Joel Chua (in rostrum) presents a bank witness who testified about unusually large amounts in cash withdrawals from Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds. —Photo by Niño Jesus Orbeta
MANILA, Philippines — House prosecutors in the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte began the presentation of evidence in support of the accusation that Vice President Sara Duterte misused P612.5 million in confidential funds.
They anchored Article I of the four articles of impeachment on the argument that the confidential nature of such funds cannot be used to justify fictitious documentation or shield public officials from accountability.
On Day 10 of the trial, the prosecution on Wednesday presented two former managers of the Land Bank of the Philippines who testified that hundreds of millions of pesos were withdrawn in cash by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) in an extraordinary pattern rarely seen in government banking transactions.
