By Genalyn D. Kabiling
Anyone but Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV could look into the bank records of President Duterte in a bid to show he has no ill-gotten wealth, MalacaƱang said yesterday.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the President was ready to show the public that his wealth would not exceed P40 million.
āMatagal na niyang hinahayaan ang publiko na tingnan ang kanyang account dahil matagal na niyang sinasabi na hanggang P40 million lang ang laman ng kanyang account,ā Roque said.
āKung mayroon makuha na in excess of R40 million, siya raw ay magre-resign. Hindi lang niya papayagan si Sen. Trillanes,ā he added.
Confident there was nothing irregular with his finances, the President recently said he was ready to give a āwritten permissionā to anyone who wants to scrutinize his bank records.
Excluded from access to the Presidentās finances, however, were his political rivals due to concerns they might launch a āfishing expeditionā against him.
āAng deposits ko will not go beyond P40 million. Ayaw kong ibigay diyan sa mga politikong mga u***. Bakit gawain ninyo akong utusan?ā Duterte said.
āBut anybody of you here, would want to take a look, tell me now, Iāll give you a written permission. And if it exceeds P40 million, I will step down,ā he added.