MANILA, Philippines – Nais ng House prosecution panel na busisiin ang bank accounts ni Vice President Sara Duterte sa pagsisimula ng paglilitis sa Senate impeachment court, sinabi ni House lead prosecutor at Batangas Second District Rep. Gerville Luistro.
“What will be presented before the Senate trial that were not seen during the House [clarificatory hearings] are the documents from banks and testimony of bank officials. We took the safer, conservative route [then] because we are aware of the confidentiality provisions of the Bank Secrecy law,” pahayag ni Luistro sa panayam ng DZBB.
Ang tinutukoy ni Luistro ay ang probisyon ng Bank Secrecy Law na nagsasabi patungkol sa exception sa absolute confidentiality ng bank records sa mga kaso ng impeachment maging sa mga sumusunod na pagkakataon:
upon written permission of the depositor
upon order of a competent court in cases of bribery or dereliction of duty of public officials
in cases where the money deposited or invested is the subject matter of the litigation, among others.
“We did not have bank documents and bank officials in the House [hearings], but this time, during the impeachment trial, we will be moving for the issuance of subpoena to bank officials and documents,” ani Luistro.
“This will be the first time that we will be able to see the bank documents [of the Vice President] and the bank officials’ testimony, and we are positive that the Senate impeachment court will be considering our motion for the issuance of subpoena [on these bank records]. I believe there are no more debates [on whether we should open the bank accounts]. There are no more issues because this is already the impeachment trial,” dagdag pa ni Luistro. RNT/JGC
