The House prosecution on Tuesday said the mismatch between bank balances involving Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, and the amounts declared in her Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs) points to a “deliberate concealment” of assets.

“It only means one thing para sa akin: there’s a clear, deliberate concealment of supposed assets that they have as far as cash is concerned,” House prosecution spokesperson Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said at a post-trial press briefing.

The prosecution told the Senate impeachment court that records from eight banks are expected to show at least 30 active accounts involving Duterte and Carpio, with cumulative yearend balances of more than P190 million from 2022 to 2025.

Based on the prosecution’s offer, the accounts had yearend balances of more than P59 million in 2022, P71 million in 2023, P22 million in 2024 and P35 million in 2025. The figures represent separate year-end balances and not money held simultaneously.

Alonto Adiong said the discrepancy remains even if cash was included under “other” personal properties in Duterte’s SALNs, as the defense has maintained.

“Kasi klaro ’yun. Maski sabihin natin na ni-lump nila doon sa ‘others,’ eh hindi pa rin tumutugma doon sa mga ibibigay o ipapasiwalat ng prosecution, which is amounting to P190 million,” he said.

House prosecutor Manila Rep. Joel Chua said Duterte’s SALNs from 2022 to 2025 did not separately declare any cash on hand or in banks despite the yearend balances the prosecution expects to establish through bank records.

“Well, unang-una, kung maaalala ninyo, noong prinisinta ’yung kanyang SALN ng ating Vice President sa taong 2022, ’23, ’24, ’25, wala po siyang dineklarang cash on hand at saka cash in bank,” Chua said.

Chua cited Duterte’s 2022 SALN as an example, saying Carpio declared P8.075 million under “other personal properties,” while Duterte listed P2.25 million and P3 million under the same category, for a combined P13.325 million.

The prosecution, in contrast, expects the bank records to establish more than P59 million in yearend balances for 2022.

House prosecution spokesperson and counsel Benjamin Tolosa Jr. said the prosecution would compare the complete yearend bank balances with the amounts in Duterte’s SALNs even if the defense maintains that the cash was already included under other personal assets.

Tolosa said prosecutors would complete the presentation of records from the other banks to establish the total year-end balances for each year and compare them with Duterte’s sworn declarations.

Alonto Adiong said the alleged discrepancy goes to the heart of Article II of the impeachment case, which covers allegations of unexplained wealth and discrepancies in Duterte’s financial disclosures.

“Kung hindi tutugma sa SALN, that’s already a very clear case of unexplained wealth,” he said.

The prosecution has begun presenting 13 representatives from eight banks to establish the financial records before the impeachment court. House Public Communications Bureau