{"id":21441,"date":"2026-09-23T02:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=21441"},"modified":"2026-09-23T02:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:02:08","slug":"house-prosecution-sees-striking-balance-in-vp-saras-wealth-business-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/09\/23\/house-prosecution-sees-striking-balance-in-vp-saras-wealth-business-records\/","title":{"rendered":"HOUSE PROSECUTION SEES \u2018STRIKING BALANCE\u2019 IN VP SARA\u2019S WEALTH, BUSINESS RECORDS"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE House prosecution sees a \u201cstriking imbalance\u201d between Vice President Sara Z. Duterte\u2019s rising declared net worth and the financial records of businesses linked to her and her husband, saying the latest evidence has raised more questions about the sources of her wealth.<\/p>\n

House prosecution spokesperson Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) records presented before the Senate impeachment court have yet to show how Duterte\u2019s declared businesses could account for the growth in her net worth.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of clarifying, it creates more questions. And it creates, I think, more problem for the respondent to really explain to the public kung bakit ganoon, may imbalance, may striking imbalance between her net worth and the supposed lawful and legal income that she gets,\u201d Alonto Adiong said at a post-trial press briefing Monday.<\/p>\n

Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, reported a net worth of about P98.66 million in their 2025 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN), up from about P71.66 million in 2022.<\/p>\n

Alonto Adiong said prosecutors initially gave Duterte the \u201cbenefit of the doubt\u201d that her declared businesses could provide legitimate sources of additional income.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe naman talaga may mga legitimate company siya. Pero nung tinignan natin \u2019yung mga companies niya ngayon, mismo ang SEC ang nagsabi, nalulugi naman. So paano mo ngayon balansehin?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Some of the companies examined had no audited financial statements (AFS) available in the records presented, while SEC Company Registration and Monitoring Department Director Gerardo Del Rosario testified that filings available for several others contained no information showing dividend declarations.<\/p>\n

House prosecution team adviser and spokesperson Ace Barbers said Monday\u2019s SEC testimony was only another \u201cpiece of the puzzle\u201d in the prosecution\u2019s case on Duterte\u2019s alleged unexplained wealth.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya kailangan mabuo muna itong puzzle na ito para makita natin \u2019yung kabuuang larawan o picture nitong allegation na ito dito sa unexplained wealth,\u201d Barbers said.<\/p>\n

He said the corporate records presented so far have yet to reconcile with Duterte\u2019s declared net worth.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo marami pang mga witnesses and documentary evidence na ipi-presenta para magkaroon ng mas malinaw na litrato o picture itong unexplained wealth,\u201d Barbers said.<\/p>\n

Barbers stressed that prosecutors would not be the ones to determine whether the evidence ultimately proves unexplained wealth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not the prosecution who will decide whether the evidence that we presented are sufficient to declare that there was indeed unexplained wealth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe leave that up to the senator-judges to decide, base sa ebidensya na aming iniharap at ilalatag dito sa trial na ito,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The corporate records form part of the prosecution\u2019s evidence under Article II of the Articles of Impeachment involving Duterte\u2019s alleged unexplained wealth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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