Naganap na nga ang inaabangan ng mga tao. Nagsalita na ang BPI at sinabing walang 211- Million si Mayor Duterte. Grabe umiinit na talaga ang mga pangyayari ngayong papalapit na ang eleksyon. Mukhang nagmamadali ata si Trillanes. Bakit kaya?
Eto ang sabi ni Manny Piñol:
It was a fishing expedition which Sen. Antonio Trillanes thought would be rewarded with a big catch - Presidential frontrunner Rody Duterte's presidential bid.
After a brief face-off with Duterte's lawyer, Salvador Panelo, Trillanes exited through the bank's backdoor empty-handed and red-faced.
Panelo, who was authorised by Duterte to open his accounts with the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) in Ortigas, Pasig City which Trillanes said contained P211-M, said in a press briefing after leaving the bank's offices that the senator's charges were based in hearsay evidence.
Panelo also said that the bank officials confirmed that there is no P211-million deposited in Duterte's twin accounts.
"Tanong ko sa BPI, meron ba kayong nakita na P200-million sa account in Duterte noon at ngayon? Sabi nila wala," Panelo related to the media.
He said the BPI officials said there is no P211-million in Duterte's accounts but the bank officials asked time to consult with their lawyers before they would release the bank transactions history because of the controversy the issue has generated.
Duterte supporters, including popular movie actor Robin Padilla, have started closing their accounts with the bank charging that the BPI released secret bank documents with the consent of the account holder.
Panelo said the bank asked for seven days before they could issue a bank transaction history because it is not ordinarily done, unlike the usual standing balance certification.
Duterte on Friday showed a bank issued balance statement which indicated that his remaining balance in one account was P17,000 and another account held P27,000.
"Dahil may dala akong SPA (special power of attorney) pinayagan akong tingnan ang account history at wala din akong necktie na P200-million simile ng binuksan ang account," Panel said.
(Since I had an SPA, the bank allowed me to look at the account history since it was opened but I did not see any P200-million since the time the account was opened,.)
The bank he said asked for seven days before it could issue an official certification, he added.
Panelo said that in his face-off with Trillanes he asked the Senator where he got the information about the alleged P200-M in Duterte's accounts.
He said Trillanes divulged that the information came from a Joseph de Mesa who came to the senator to volunteer an information which he got from another source.
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"Sabi ko kay Trillanes, ito bang Joseph de Mesa (the alleged informant) totoong tao? Ang sabi nya basta kung anong nakalagay dyan, yan na yan," Panelo told the media.
(I asked Trillanes is this Joseph de Mesa real? And he said whatever is in my affidavit is what it is.)
Panelo said Trillanes' affidavit was worthless because it was a result of a double hearsay.
The lawyer also said that BPI officials have stated that the documents presented by Trillanes in an earlier press conference which listed bank transactions purportedly involving Duterte's accounts did not come from them and were not bank documents.
"Sabi ng BPI wala silang dokumento na ni-release at puro hearsay lang ang informant ni Trillanes at ang kanyang affidavit ay bogus," Panelo said.
People's reaction to the Trillanes ranged from indiffierence to disbelief, especially from those who know Duterte who has led a simple and frugal life as Mayor of Davao City for 23 years.
Duterte stays in a GSIS low-cost housing subdivision in Matina District, Davao City.
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