Subpoenaed banks and the Anti-Money Laundering Council were scheduled to deliver financial records linked to Vice President Sara Duterte to the Senate impeachment court on Thursday.
Senate Secretary and Impeachment Clerk of Court Renato Bantug said the institutions were given separate time slots to ensure an orderly turnover of the documents.
The banks were directed to provide peso-denominated records involving Duterte, her husband Manases Carpio and several companies allegedly connected to them.
The AMLC, meanwhile, was ordered to submit its records for confidential review by the impeachment court before copies could be released to the prosecution and defense.
Several unmarked boxes were seen being brought into the Senate compound early Thursday, although those accompanying them did not confirm their contents.
The subpoena covered records from Philippine Savings Bank, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co., Bank of the Philippine Islands, Security Bank, LandBank of the Philippines and BDO Unibank. It remained unclear which institutions had complied as of posting time.
The order arose from the prosecution’s request for documents it said could support allegations of unexplained wealth against Duterte. The impeachment court earlier allowed access to records dating from 2007 to 2021 despite objections from the defense.
The court said the older records could be used only to establish Duterte’s financial baseline and not to introduce new offenses from before she became vice president. Foreign currency deposits and records of two companies were excluded after prosecutors failed to sufficiently establish their connection to Duterte or Carpio.
