Trillanes claims Sara Duterte has undeclared millions in time deposits

Vice President Sara Duterte did not declare millions in time deposit assets in her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth from 2007 to 2010 when she was Davao City vice mayor, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said Friday.

Trillanes issued the claim a day after he asked the prosecution panel to drop him from the list of witnesses for the impeachment trial of Duterte.

The former lawmaker said that based on the research of his team, the Vice President had undeclared dollar and peso time deposits from 2007 until 2010.

He said the Vice President also did not declare a million dollars worth of life insurance in her 2010 SALN.

“Siguro naman, iyong senator-judges, hindi na mababaryahan rito (Maybe the senator-judges won’t see this as a pittance),” Trillanes said at a press conference.

“Iyan po ang mga milagro ni Sara Duterte (That is the miracle of Sara Duterte),” he added.

During the same press conference, Trillanes also said that Cale 88 Foods Corporation as well as Tapang at Malasakit Alliance for the Philippines, Inc., which are declared assets of Duterte in her joint SALN with husband Manases Carpio, also received P319 million and P150 million, respectively, from the Chinese government and firms.

He also reiterated the allegation he made before the House justice panel in April 2026 that a certain Sammy Uy, an alleged drug lord, transferred P181 million worth of money to the Duterte family, including the Vice President.

On Friday, Trillanes said that the Vice President knew Uy when she was 21 years old, because Uy sold land to her in 1999. The former senator presented a copy of a Deed of Sale between Uy and Duterte.

"When she was 21 years old, Uy sold two lots to her. It is a total of 900 square meters. Uy was their family friend," Trillanes said.

During the House justice panel hearing on the impeachment complaints against the Vice President, Anti-Money Laundering Council Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura said that at least 18 bank transactions linked to Duterte and her family members, as cited in the affidavit of Trillanes, match the AMLC records of covered and suspicious transaction reports.

Buenaventura told the House committee on justice that 18 of the randomly selected transactions cited in Trillanes’ affidavit and testimony correspond to entries in AMLC records, including three transactions allegedly involving Uy.

Asked for the source of his findings, Trillanes said that these are based on official documents from government agencies and are all verifiable.

“Lahat po ‘yan ay backed up by official documents. SEC, PSA, and AMLC documents posted on the Senate impeachment court website. Maliwanag po 'yan. Hindi tayo gumagawa ng mga kathang-isip na allegations,” he said.

SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commission, while PSA is the Philippine Statistics Authority. AMLC is the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

“Subok na 'yan. Our research team will eventually share this with the prosecution, and they would ask the same question to the impeachment trial witnesses, kung papayagan pa. Baka iyong pro-China senators, mag-protesta naman,” Trillanes added.

GMA News Online reached out to Duterte's legal counsel, Atty. Paolo Panelo, for comment and will publish it once available.

The prosecution is presenting evidence for Article 2 of the impeachment case against the Vice President, alleging unexplained wealth due to alleged failure to truthfully disclose assets in her SALN and failure to divest in businesses as required for the President and Vice President under a Constitutional provision. —AOL/RSJ, GMA News