Sara’s unexplained wealth: P817M

A witness in the ongoing impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte said Friday that her financial records from 2022 to 2025 show a total of P817.87 million in unexplained wealth.

Lawyer Alexander Cabrera, a forensic expert, said that the amount he found was the total unexplained wealth based on an analysis of Duterte’s undeclared cash, personal properties, the couple’s income, and the income of their business interests.

In computing the amount, Cabrera explained that he had considered the financial records of both the Vice President and her husband, Atty. Manases “Mans” Carpio, noting that they were covered under the Family Code, which assumes the absolute community of property.

The witness likewise confirmed that he found no established prenuptial agreement between the couple and no judicial decree of separation of property.

Among the information presented by Cabrera were amounts related to the Duterte and Carpio couple’s bank accounts that were left undeclared in the Vice President’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN).

The forensic expert stated that the couple’s accounts had P60.21 million in 2022, P80.7 million in 2023, P23.17 million in 2024, and P43.61 million in 2025.

In prior hearings on Duterte’s unexplained wealth, prosecutors presented her SALNs from the period, which showed no indicated amount for her cash on hand and cash in bank.