VP Duterte’s total unexplained wealth at P817.87M – witness’ report

MANILA, Philippines — The table prepared by prosecution witness, lawyer and accountant Alexander Cabrera, alleges that Vice President Sara Duterte had a total unexplained wealth of P817.87 million from 2022 to 2025.

On Friday, day 37 of Duterte’s trial, House Prosecutor Rep. Chel Diokno led the direct examination of Cabrera, whom the prosecution sought to establish as an expert witness.

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After being furnished with the financial records of Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio, along with the businesses linked to them, Cabrera prepared a forensic report. Cabrera presented tables before the impeachment court.

“Meron po kaming ginawa pong summary ng findings, kung di po ako nagkakamali, sa Table 39 po,” Cabrera told the impeachment court.

(We prepared a summary of the findings, if I’m not mistaken, in Table 39.)

“Your Honor, I will be showing Table 39, which is shown in the report itself; it’s not a summary but from the report itself,” Diokno said.

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Table 39 lawyer and accountant Alexander Cabrera’s forensic report – Screengrab from Senate of the Philippines / YouTube.

Total undeclared assets and income were said to be at P190.63 million in 2022; P167.38 million in 2023; P263.22 million in 2024; and P195.70 million in 2025.

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Cabrera explained that included in his report were the years 2022 to 2025 as “ito po yung mga taon na si VP Sara po ay nanunungkulan bilang Vice President.” (These are the years when Vice President Sara Duterte was serving as vice president.)

Cabrera’s testimony was offered to tie together and present the “bigger picture” for the prosecution’s presentation of Impeachment Article II that alleges Duterte amassed unexplained wealth; did not fully or truthfully declare all her assets, liabilities, and net worth in her Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN); and failed to divest her business interests during her tenure as vice president. /jpv