Manases CarpioโVice President Sara Duterteโs husbandโis moving to turn the tables. He says he will file criminal complaints against top officials of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), and several House lawmakers, accusing them of illegally disclosing confidential banking records protected by bank secrecy rules, the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), and the Data Privacy Act.
Carpioโs target list is heavy: BSP Gov. Eli Remolona Jr., AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura, and House justice committee members Reps. Gerville Luistro, Percival Cendaรฑa, Chel Diokno, and Leila de Lima. He plans to file the complaint at the Quezon City prosecutorโs office. His core argument: AMLAโs Section 8A bans disclosure of bank reports submitted to AMLCโfull stop, and heโs claiming the respondents โconnivedโ to spill protected information anyway.
What sets this apart is the scope of what Carpio claims got leaked. He isnโt just talking about bank transactionsโheโs alleging the disclosures extended into insurance payments, time deposits, investments, and even utility bill payments, framing it as a deliberate breach of privacy. And heโs putting a political label on it: he says these alleged leaks are being used as โblack propagandaโ and โpolitical harassmentโ aimed at damaging Duterteโs name ahead of 2028, where she has already declared plans to run for president.
This is the counterpunch narrative: while impeachment hearings and AMLC reports have been used to raise questions about money flows, Carpioโs side is arguing the bigger scandal is how the information got outโand whether institutions and lawmakers crossed legal lines to turn confidential records into public ammunition. If the complaint pushes through, it sets up a collision between investigative power vs. privacy protectionsโand turns a political firestorm into a legal one.