LIVE UPDATES: Sara Duterte Impeachment Trial (August 5, 2026)

Lawyer Roderick Wamil, a former state auditor of the Commission on Audit-Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office (COA-ICFAO), is set to return to the witness stand for the third consecutive day to continue his testimony in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

Wamil, a witness presented by the House prosecution panel, is expected to answer clarificatory questions and interjections of Senator-Judges on Wednesday, the 13th day of the trial.

This is in reference to Article 1 of the articles of impeachment about Duterte’s alleged misuse of P612.5 million in confidential funds---P500 million of which was from the Office of the Vice President (OVP), and P112.5 million from the Department of Education (DepEd).

Once Wamil is formally dismissed by the impeachment court, the prosecution will present a new witness---COA-ICFAO state auditor Xylene Del Campo.

But impeachment court spokesperson Regie Tongol said that Campo will be testifying on fewer matters as compared to Wamil, based on the purpose indicated on the pre-trial order and pre-trial brief of the prosecution.

Lawyer Roderick Wamil, a former state auditor with the Commission on Audit’s Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office (COA-ICFAO), returned to the witness stand on Tuesday to testify on the disbursement of more than P200 million in confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) during Vice President Sara Duterte’s tenure as education secretary.

Prosecution

During the prosecution's presentation of evidence, Wamil testified that at least P129 million of the OVP's P250-million confidential fund allocation for the first and second quarters of 2023 lacked supporting documents proving that the disbursements were made for their intended purposes, in violation of Joint Circular No. 2015-01 governing the use of confidential and intelligence funds.

According to Wamil, the unsupported disbursements included purchases of medicines and food assistance, as well as the payment of rewards and incentives for travel related to confidential operations, whose authenticity could not be verified due to the absence of the required documentation.

Defense

In response, Poa presented a letter showing that Vice President Sara Duterte was not the only vice president to receive confidential funds, noting that then Vice President Jejomar Binay's office was also granted a confidential fund allocation in 2014.

Poa argued that this contradicted Wamil's testimony that only Duterte had been given confidential funds as vice president.

However, Binay's 2014 confidential fund allocation predated Joint Circular No. 2015-01, which was issued in 2015 and established the guidelines governing the use, liquidation, and audit of confidential and intelligence funds.

Also on Tuesday, Poa asked the Senate impeachment court to strike Kapunan's scam comments off the record for being "out of line."

His objection was sustained by Senate impeachment court Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero.