Vice Pres. Sara Duterte held a press conference at OVP Central Office, Mandaluyong City on Feb. 18, 2026. In the same briefing, she announced her presidential bid for 2028. Screen grabbed from Inday Sara Duterte livestream.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) said on Monday that they acted within their mandate and followed the law when they presented Vice President Sara Duterte’s and her husband Manases Carpio’s bank records during a congressional hearing.
This came after Carpio filed a criminal complaint the same day against BSP Governor Eli Remolona Jr., who also chairs the AMLC, and AMLC executive director Ronel Buenaventura, over the disclosure of the records.
In a statement, the BSP said Remolona had not yet received a copy of the complaint but would respond through the proper legal forum once it was formally served.
The central bank stressed that both the BSP and AMLC continued to perform their duties in line with the law, guided by independence, professionalism, and due process.
Carpio’s complaint stemmed from the April 22 House committee on justice hearing, where AMLC documents showing bank transactions linked to Duterte and Carpio from 2006 to 2025 were presented.
He accused officials and several lawmakers of violating the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Bank Secrecy Law, and the Data Privacy Act, arguing that disclosure of bank records required either a court order or depositor consent.
AMLC executive director Buenaventura, who recently assumed the post, confirmed during the House hearing that the council had reviewed both covered and suspicious transactions tied to Duterte and Carpio, including flagged transactions totaling billions of pesos.