Carpio Files Complaint Over Disclosure of Duterte Finances

Manases Carpio, husband of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, filed a criminal complaint on April 27, 2026, against officials from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Anti-Money Laundering Council, and four members of the House Committee on Justice, accusing them of illegally disclosing private financial records during an impeachment hearing against his wife.

The complaint, submitted to the Quezon City Prosecutors Office, names BSP Governor Eli Remolona Jr., in his role as AMLC chairman; AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura; Committee on Justice chairperson Rep. Gerville Luistro; and members Reps. Percival Cendaña, Chel Diokno, and Leila de Lima. Carpio alleges the officials violated the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Bank Secrecy Law, and the Data Privacy Act by publicly revealing details of bank transactions linked to him and Duterte without consent.

The disclosures occurred during the committee's April 22 hearing on impeachment complaints against Duterte. Buenaventura presented an AMLC summary report flagging 6.77 billion pesos in covered and suspicious transactions from accounts linked to Duterte and Carpio between 2006 and 2025. This included 313 covered...