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Vice President Sara Duterte has denied any involvement in a joint bank account with her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, during the ongoing impeachment trial. Defense counsel Michael Wesley Poa stated that the Vice President does not recall having or participating in transactions involving a joint Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) account under her name and that of her father. The account, which was supposedly used to purchase a P41.7-million manager's check, was raised during the trial. Poa explained that the matter was only brought up during a previous hearing of the House Quad Committee and that the Vice President asked him to verify the account because she did not remember having such an account or any transactions related to it. The prosecution had flagged a P41.7-million manager's check linked to Rodrigo and Sara Duterte that was allegedly 'floating' for years without being reflected in year-end balances. A prosecution witness, BPI division head Marwin Galvez, confirmed the existence of a joint peso time deposit opened on January 22, 2010, under the name 'Rodrigo Roa Duterte or Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Sara Z. Duterte,' with a principal amount of P40.65 million. The time deposit had 12 rollover periods, increasing the amount to P41.7 million by February 2011. In March 2011, a manager's check worth P41.7 million was purchased but remained unutilized after its six-month validity period. The transaction is part of the financial records presented in support of Article 2 of the Articles of Impeachment, which alleges that Duterte accumulated unexplained wealth and failed to fully disclose her assets and interests in her SALNs. The defense also clarified that they do not wish to prejudice the former president or his counsel regarding legal defenses concerning the accounts. The Senate impeachment court presiding officer, Francis Escudero, confirmed that while the Vice President's signature does not appear in transactions involving account ending in 9539, it does appear in the documents that opened the account and in the KYC (know-your-client) documents for July 2020, July 25, 2017, and June 13, 2023. Senator-Judge Robin Padilla questioned the repeated mention of former President Rodrigo Duterte's name during the testimony, asking why the former president was being dragged into the case. The bank official responded that the documents submitted did not indicate any wrongdoing by the former president. The case continues as part of the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte.

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