EVIDENCE. Senate staff carry boxes labeled 'confidential funds' outside the Senate plenary hall during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on August 12, 2026.
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The defense also points out that the Commission on Audit did not mind that the funds were spent in different places on the same day
MANILA, Philippines – The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte highlighted two major points during the impeachment trial’s 15th day on Wednesday, August 12: that there was nothing irregular about the names used in the confidential funds acknowledgement receipts and the simultaneous disbursement of these funds on the same day.
Defense lawyer Kristine Ferrer repeated the names “Mary Grace Piattos,” “Andy Lim,” “Christine Applegate Estrada,” among others, during her cross-examination of Commission on Audit (COA) Intelligence and Confidential Funds Auditing Office (ICFAO) state auditor Xylene del Campo.
