Right to privacy
Resorted to by Pulong, Carpio in Senate probe
“I AM invoking the right to privacy.”
These were the words uttered by Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte after Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV yesterday asked questions on the content of his bank accounts shown before the Senate Blue Ribbon inquiry on the P6.4 Billion drug shipment controversy.
Trillanes yesterday combed through several bank accounts of the presidential son and have tried to conclude that these amounts came through his involvement with the so-called “Davao Group”.
With strong allegation present, Duterte said, “There is a law on bank secrecy and I have the right to privacy.”
Prior to the questions on the bank account, Duterte also refused to show his tattoo, which according Trillanes bears a symbol of a drug triad.
“No way,” Duterte said during the inquiry aired live.
However, Trillanes
insisted to have the picture of his tattoo and have it verified.
“Mister chair ilang beses ko bang dapat sabihin na ayaw ko,” Duterte said.
Duterte, during the hearing yesterday, said his appearance before the Senate is in compliance with the Senate committee and as a gesture of respect to the Senate.
He said that it was also an opportunity for him to deny all the baseless allegations thrown against him.
“Kinahanglan na nako mubarog karon alang sa akung pamilya, labi na gyud ang akong mga anak nga maoy nahilabihan nga naapektuhan sa aning pagpangdaot kanako (I need to stand for my family, for my children who are greatly affected by the black propaganda thrown against me),” he added.
He said his presence is for the Filipino people, also apologizing to his fellow Dabawenyos that he cannot answer allegations based on hearsay. KVC