“One of the worst accusations against the VP is the alleged misuse or abuse of her Confidential Funds amounting to no less than P250 million”
WITH the witnesses against former President Rodrigo Duterte now under government protection, we can be assured the crimes against humanity cases filed against him by the International Criminal Court will proceed as expected.
We must recall that during Duterte’s six-year incumbency as president, there were accusations against the Davao Death Squad. We must also recall that the infamous Davao Death Squad of Duterte happened when he was Davao City mayor and he must be made accountable for it.
Then during the early years of Duterte’s incumbency as president there were thousands of killings of people allegedly involved in illegal drugs, or anybody for that matter, involved in the proliferation of illegal drugs like shabu.
Who else, Santa Banana, would be accountable for that if not the former President since he was the one who launched a brutal and bloody war on the drug menace.
There were many instances when Duterte went on television and said as president he took full responsibility for all the killings.
Recall also that his police chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa launched the infamous Tokhang (Knock on the Door) Operation, killing people allegedly involved in the famous illegal war and should be made accountable.
No less than police records had shown that over 6,000 lives were snuffed out.
During that time another police operation was undertaken under Bato dela Rosa as police chief called “Double Barrel,” also against people allegedly involved in illegal drugs.
I recall, Santa Banana, that most of those killed were actually the victims of the illegal drug trade and were not actually involved in the proliferation of illegal drugs. As a result, there were numerous extrajudicial killings.
Now that the government has under its protection all the witnesses against Duterte for his crimes against humanity is certainly good news, not only for the victims of the extrajudicial killings, but for the country.
With the petition of Duterte through his defense lawyer that he needs to get an interim release before his Sept. 23, 2025 trial by the ICC, the protection by the government of the witnesses assures the ICC of testimonies that could pin down the former President for crimes against humanity.
The headlines we have been reading in the papers are that Australia denied Duterte’s petition to host him.
In this connection, the government should ask why Vice President Sara Duterte went to Australia. Was it because Australia was mentioned as one of the host countries if the ICC would grant an interim release?
One of the worst accusations against the VP is the alleged misuse or abuse of her Confidential Funds amounting to no less than P250 million, the recipients of which were allegedly fictitious and non-existent, as per the records of the PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority).
Santa Banana, now the VP is claiming all this is happening under the incumbency of President Marcos Jr., intended against her and her intention of running for president.
In other words, to Sara Duterte, BBM must be held responsible for allowing the forthcoming impeachment case against her and any kind of investigation like the investigation of the Ombudsman for Sara Duterte to answer for all the claims as alleged by the House of Representatives in the impeachment case against her.
We also know that Senate President Francis Escudero has set the date for the resumption of the Senate on July 26, for the impeachment trial.
And we all know that Sara Duterte has been practically going around the world in an effort to rally supporters of the Duterte administration to continue fighting for her father.
At this point I wonder what money Sara Duterte is using considering that all her Confidential and Intelligence Funds cannot be used.
That should be brought up by the PSA since all the money she has been using is still the money of the people.
As an independent observer of what ‘s happening, I would like to find out how the impeachment case of Sara Duterte would turn out because the people should know where any money being used by a public official, especially by no less than Sara Duterte as the second highest official of the land, comes from.
