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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s authorization for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to submit Vice President Sara Duterte’s tax records to the Senate should not be taken as a blessing upon the impeachment proceedings, the prosecution panel said on Thursday.
Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon, a member of the House of Representatives’ prosecution panel, explained in a press briefing that Marcos’ authorization to BIR was ministerial — claiming that the President would have done the same for other impeachable officials, since it is part of the pursuit for accountability.
Earlier, BIR personnel delivered boxes containing the tax records of Duterte and her husband Manases Carpio to the Senate, as these formed part of the impeachment court’s subpoena issued last July 20. The prosecution deemed the box necessary to establish their claim that Duterte has unexplained wealth not mentioned in her Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth.
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