Who is defense witness Davao City Accountant Vingelin Bajan?

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Davao City Accountant Vingelin Bajan on Tuesday took the witness stand as a defense witness for Day 41 of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

Bajan, a certified public accountant (CPA), passed the CPA board in year 2000.
She started working in Davao City government in year 2001 on a job order status before securing permanent employee status in the same office in 2004.

Bajan’s testimony is being offered by the defense to prove that the P64,194.72 compensation that the Vice President received in year 2023 was a salary differential due to the Vice President when she was still a public official in the Davao City government.

The defense argues that the differential stems from the salary increase which took effect in 2019 under the Salary Standardization Law.

Prosecution witness and lawyer Anne Loraine Garcia-Marquez, the chief of staff of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Charlito Martin Mendoza, earlier told the Senate impeachment court that the Vice President received a compensation from Davao City government in 2023 based on the Vice President tax returns.

The defense is presenting evidence on Article 2 of the impeachment case which accuse the Vice President of betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution for accumulating unexplained wealth of P817 million to as much as P1.5 billion due to non-full declaration of assets and non-divestment of businesses.

The Vice President previously served as the Davao City Vice Mayor from 2007 to 2010, Mayor from 2010 to 2013 and Mayor again from 2016 to 2022. —VAL, GMA News