Originally Posted by
lespaulibanez
If you backread the INQ news, it quoted "Duterte denied the existence of the BPI bank account that contained P211 million".
He has no denial on BPI accounts in general but on that particular account tnat contained the 211M..
I'm quoting your statement because I want to share my thoughts on this specific issue. Hope anyone could also rebutt if I'm correct or not. Again, for this specific issue only.
Did Mayor Duterte lie over the bank account? I believe so.
This is the article from Inquirer.net where it all started -- the allegation of Sen. Trillanes that Mayor Duterte has a bank account containing 211 million:
Trillanes: Duterte didn’t declare P211M in SALN | Inquirer News
Duterte's response, to quote from another article:
DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday
denied the existence of a Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) account allegedly in his name that contained P211 million.
In the above statement, Duterte denied the existence of a BPI account allegedly in his name. The amount is not really the reason of denial, but the bank account itself.
“The
account is not true and is just a fabrication of [Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV], who is a money for hire,” the presidential candidate told the Inquirer.
Why say "the account is not true" if he can merely say "yes, I have an account in BPI but that amount is not true".
“I will not play into their hands by issuing a waiver.
The account is nonexistent,” Duterte said.
Why say "the account is nonexistent" if he can merely say "that amount is nonexistent".
Asked for comment, Duterte's spokeperson said that the allegation was "a lie, a fabrication and black propaganda" and urged anyone to prove that bank account was his.
“We also urge them to come out and prove that the
bank accounts were his,” Lavińa added.
A fabrication, says Duterte who will not issue waiver | Inquirer News
Yet today, someone accepted the challenge and did prove that existence of the account through depositing P500 on that alleged account and validated through a receipt issued to the depositor showing the name of the account holder -- Mayor Duterte and daughter Sara. Photo of the deposit slip on previous page of this thread.
Then goes the admission that he really has a BPI account but in thousands not in millions.