CORRUPTION | Duterte’s staunch critic plans to reveal alleged corrupt deals of leader and his long-time aide

July 2, 2021 , 09:35 PM

By Beatrice Puente, News5 Digital

(July 2, 2021) – A staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he planned to expose a major corruption issue, promising to show documents on corrupt practices done by the leader and his long-time aide even before he rose to power in 2016.

Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV has accused Duterte’s office of being the “most corrupt” among all government agencies. He also hit Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao for accusing the Department of Health (DOH) of corruption, calling it a “weak” bombshell.

“Ang pinaka-corrupt na opisina sa gobyerno ay ang Malacañang mismo—sila Duterte mismo,” Trillanes was quoted in media reports as saying.

“Kaya ang sabi ko nga, next week, maglalabas ako ng matibay na example ng corruption ni Duterte mismo at ni Bong Go. Covered ito ng documents na abangan na lang nila next week.”

Trillanes first revealed his plan in an online post on Thursday evening after Duterte promised to cooperate with any probe into alleged corrupt deals within his government.

Ang tapang ni duterte kay Pacquiao, sabi nya mag-cooperate daw lahat sa investigation. Pero nung pinapapirma ko ng…

Posted by Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV on Thursday, July 1, 2021

He also brought up his previous challenge urging Duterte to sign a waiver disclosing P2.2-billion worth of stashed wealth in a local bank.

Trillanes had said the country’s leader refused to include this in his statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth back when he was still Davao City mayor.

In 2017, Trillanes said he obtained copies of these records from a private citizen named Joseph de Mesa.

“Ilabas mo ang tapang mo rito, ipakita mo na mali ako,” Trillanes had said back then. “Sinabi niya na papatunayan n’ya. Wala naman. So, Mr. President, panahon na at mamaya’t mayain kita. Hindi ko bibitawan ang isyu na ito.”

Duterte’s office has not immediately issued a response to Trillanes’ challenge.

Go, for his part, accused the former Navy officer of politicking for only speaking out about these matters months before the election period.

“Sanay na tayo riyan,” Go said in a press statement.

“Maglalabas ng akusasyon, hindi naman kayang patunayan kasi puro imbento lang ang nalalaman. Yan na modus niya mula noon — pintahan ng itim ang iba para siya ang mapansin. Hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin niya matanggap na wala na siyang maloloko sa ganyang kalokohan niya.”

Trillanes, however, denied this allegation, saying the public should know about these matters because they are public officials.

Trillanes was nominated to run as a standard-bearer of the broad opposition coalition, 1Sambayan, but he said he would be willing to make way for the country’s vice president and top opposition leader if she decides to run for president.

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