Will Trillanes show up today?

Duterte to open BPI account, dares Trillanes to file affidavit

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
Two things are set to happen Monday–Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will open a bank account supposedly containing P211 million, and accuser Sen. Antonio Trillanes showing up at the bank.
These two events happening will most likely have two effects–end the allegations thrown at the presidential frontrunner, or Trillanes not showing up and continuing his demolition job. 
These much-anticipated happenings are bound to shape up after Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) standard bearer Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Friday vowed he will open his bank account that allegedly contained the P211 million of undeclared wealth on Monday.
Duterte, however, gave his condition saying that Sen.Trillanes, who accused him of undeclared bank account, must sign an affidavit and file a case against him.
In a statement, Duterte dared Trillanes to present himself before officials of the BPI Julia Vargas branch on Monday.
But, he said his bank accounts will be presented by his legal counsel, lawyer Salvador Panelo since he is scheduled to visit Zamboanga City that day.
“Pumunta man kaya si Trillanes (If Trillanes comes), at least, I can tell him what’s inside my account. Bahala na sila ni Sal(vador) Panelo mag-argue dyan (I will let Panelo argue with it).” Duterte said.
On Monday, he said he expects Trillanes to go to the Julia Vargas Pasay branch.
If Trillanes signs an affidavit, Duterte vowed to open his account.
 “You execute an affidavit, you accuse the person, then the person, if he so desires, open (his bank account),” he said.
The mayor admitted that the Julia Vargas BPI account is indeed existing — with a ‘little lesser than’ P211 million content.
He told reporters in press briefing in Pasay City that the deposits are real, but was quick to say that “ang sinabi ko ay wala akong deposito na ganoon kalaki (I said I do not have that much amount of cash deposits).”
“I might have said it in a different way, but I didn’t say that I have deposits that big,” he said.
Trillanes said the money was transferred to Duterte’s bank account in 2014, in time for his birthday.
“Marami pala akong kaibigan (I have many friends),” Duterte said when pressed for comments.
He said the source of the money was the gift of his friends who have businesses in the city.
For her part, PDP-Laban spokesperson lawyer Paola Alvarez said Trillanes should reveal where and when he got his information and why he released it.
“If the senator is confident of his information, he wouldn’t mind signing his name to a legal document to back up his claim,” Alvarez said.
 Alvarez also slammed the rivals of Mayor Duterte, whom she said have found it fashionable nowadays to sign bank waivers.
“When Mayor Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano signed a bank waiver and challenged their rivals to do the same, no single candidate heeded their call. Now that Mayor Duterte is leading the presidential election and is on the brink of victory, they not only joined Sen. Trillanes’ ridiculous accusations, they are now signing bank waivers left and right. It is downright hypocritical,” she said.
She said it is getting ridiculous by the day that two days ago Trillanes accused Duterte of having an undeclared P211 Million bank account and he said the mayor’s accounts had P2.4 Billion worth of transactions.
“What’s next, Mayor Duterte is behind the $81 Million Bangladeshi bank heist? This is already the height of absurdity,” Alvarez said.
Alvarez said “Trillanes should be voted as ‘inventor of the week’ because is becoming more of an inventor than a senator.”
She said the enemies of change become more desperate and their camp expects more attacks to come.
Alvarez asked Duterte’s supporters not to be distracted from making the Duterte-Cayetano win in the election and achieving real change. She said that in the coming days leading to the elections, her group expects more accusations will be thrown against their standard-bearer.
“We are also afraid that this will be a prelude to a possible massive election cheating. Thus, we call on the supporters of the Duterte-Cayetano tandem and the general public to exercise extreme vigilance amid the confusion and lies being peddled by groups with the intention to deprive the people of their rightful choice this coming election,” Alvarez said.