This is a classic case of Duterte getting a dose of his own medicine.
Two weeks after he released the initial list local officials allegedly involved in drug trafficking, two videos implicating the President’s son, former Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and now candidate for Representative of Davao City’s first district, were uploaded on You Tube and Facebook account of “Metro Balita”, which lists itself as “media/news company.”
Titled “Ang Totoong Narcolist” , Episode 1 is 6 minutes and 50 seconds long. Episode 2 is three minutes and 30 seconds.
The videos look professionally done. So is the annotation.
The video shows a hooded whistleblower, who identified himself as “Bikoy”- v not his real name, he said -who claims to be a former member of a drug syndicate operating in Southern Luzon and Visayas region. He said he was involved in the recording of transactions which explains the documents that he presented in the video.
He said his work involved recording how much money is allotted per leader of the syndicate monthly.
The documents, the narrator said, were the syndicate’s internal documents referred to as TARA since 2010. A typical TARA document has a date, the code name of the principal, the bank accounts of the principal and the deposits made.
At the bottom of the documents are signature which the narrator said were to proof that the listed details in the documents are accurate.
The principal of one document he presented has two codenames. One was POLO DELTA-TSG01 and the other was ALPHA TIERRA-0029.
The narrator commented the principal was not “so bright” because his code name was close to his real name.
According to the document, the account of Principal number one was in the name of Carpio Reyes Waldo and Carpio Waldo.
Waldo Carpio is the brother of Sara Duterte’s husband, Manases Carpio, who was mentioned in last year’s scandal of the P6 billion shabu smuggling allegedly facilitated by the Davao Group.
Waldo Carpio is agriculture undersecretary.
In the 2018 summary of deposits of Waldo Carpio’s account, the monthly deposit was P30 million. Then the money were transpired to another account: on May 28, 170 million were transferred and on Dec. 28 transferred to an international bank, which the annotator said belonged to Paolo Duterte.
Malacañang immediately dismissed it as “black propaganda.” The Philippine National Police won’t dare touch the subject.
Paolo Duterte’s reaction?
In his Facebook account, the next representative of Davao’s first district said ranted without refuting the details Bikoy showed like the bank accounts. Paolo merely said:
“Wow ha kung makaimbento ka wagas. Galit ka kay Waldo kasi binabara niya lahat ng smuggling mo ng bigas at asukal diba J.S. (Wow, you’re so good at inventing. You’re mad at Waldo because he is blocking your rice and sugar smuggling. Right J.S?).
“Galit ka sa akin kasi di kita pinansin sa eroplano kasi hambog ka! Ngayon pansinin na kita kasama ng kamay ko na kasing laki ng mukha mo pag nangyari yan. Yan ang totoong balita (You’re mad at me because I snubbed you on a flight because you’re so arrogant. Now, I’m giving you attention – with my hand as big as your face. That’s real news).”
And Sara Duterte?
She skipped the Hugpong rally at Tangub. Misamis Occidental Wednesday. At first the reports said to attend to a “family matter” that is an “emergency. “ The next day, reports said it was due to “security.”
That was a few hours after Episode 2 of “Ang Totoong Narcolist” was uploaded. It mentioned a codename VERA REGA and identified a recipient: Veronica Salvador.
This is riveting.
Statement of Senator Trillanes:
First of all, let me congratulate the people behind the videos that linked the Duterte family to illegal drugs! The accusations of the witness were very serious, quite pointed and well-explained.
Having said that, I really wish I was part of the making of the videos so I could relish these moments but sadly I am not. In the meantime, I am looking forward, as everyone else, to the next episode.
Mr. Duterte, the truth has finally come to haunt you. Nabibisto na ang mga pagpapanggap mo. Ikaw pala ang druglord all along. Tsk tsk. Ang dami mong pinapatay na mga Pilipino para lang malinlang ang buong sambayanan. Pero, ngayon, harapin mo yan. Kahit bumula pa bibig mo sa galit, babalik at babalik yang issue na yan sa mukha mo.
When you falsely accused me of having offshore bank accounts, I confronted it squarely and didn’t stop until I was able to debunk your lies. And when you realized na napatunayan ko na hindi totoo ang mga paratang mo, umatras ka at inamin na inimbento mo lang yun. Ano, ganun na lang yun? Until your next lie?
Kaya ang hamon ko sayo, pumirma ka ng bank secrecy waiver para ipakita na hindi ka corrupt at hindi galing sa droga ang mga bilyon bilyon mo sa bangko. Ikaw naman Polong, ipakita mo na lang ang likod mo, ang dami mo pang arte.
Anu’t ano pa man, hindi talaga natutulog ang Diyos.
tamang tama po si trillanes, leaders should make themselves beyond reproach, be cleaner than whistles and lead by example. magiging walang kwenta ang narco list ni duterte when he himself is linked to drug lords and narco personalities the likes of his own son and his chinese economic adviser na si mr michael yang? the evidence presented by drug whistleblower is overwhelming and ought to be taken into consideration, keenly looked at and examined at not isantabi kaagad.
hay, naku gustong kunong patayin ni duterte ang mga drug bosses and yet, he’s surrounded by them at baka siya pa ang mapatay! lol!
veronica salvador, I’m reminded na may anak si duterte named veronica.