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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider De Lima finds VP Duterte's annual net worth declarations doubtful; here's why

De Lima finds VP Duterte's annual net worth declarations doubtful; here's why

Published Apr 22, 2026 01:39 pm

At A Glance

  • Impeachment complaint endorser and House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima has raised doubts on the correctness of respondent Vice President Sara Duterte's statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN).
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook, PPAB)
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook, PPAB)


Impeachment complaint endorser and House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima has raised doubts on the correctness of respondent Vice President Sara Duterte’s statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN).
Thiis, affer the House Committee on Justice found out on Wednesday, April 22 that Vice President Duterte declared no cash on hand or bank deposits in her most recent SALN filings, even as her net worth steadily increased.
“Para sa akin po, ang biglaan at tuloy-tuloy na pagkawala ng deklarasyon ng liquid assets… sa kabila ng dati mayroon naman na mga halaga ng mga cash on hand/cash in bank, ay nagdudulot ng pagdududa sa kawastuhan at kabuuan ng subsequent SALNs ni VP Sara,” De Lima said in a manifestation.
(For me, the sudden and continuous disappearance of the declaration of liquid assets… despite previously having amounts of cash on hand/cash in bank, raises doubts about the accuracy and completeness of Vice President Sara’s subsequent SALNs.)
De Lima is the endorser of the Saballa complaint, one of the two active impeachment complaints against the Vice President.
VP Duterte's annual net worth
During the justice panel’s hearing on the determination of probable cause, Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua asked the Ombudsman to confirm Duterte’s declared net worth and reported cash in her SALNs—from her tenure as Davao City vice mayor (2007 to 2010), mayor (2010 to 2013 and 2016 to 2022), to her current term as Vice President (2022 to 2024).
Ombudsman Central Records Division OIC Karen Batu told the panel that Duterte’s declared net worth during her tenure as vice mayor was as follows: 2007- P7.25 million, 2008- P18.49 million, 2009- P18.28 million, 2010- P16.24 million, 2011- P14.27 million, and 2012- P22.12 million.
Chua noted that Duterte declared roughly P2 million in cash on hand and bank deposits from 2007 to 2009. This rose to P3.66 million in 2010 and P4.32 million by 2012.
When Duterte returned as Davao City mayor in 2016, her net worth stood at P34.89 million. Within a year, it increased by about P10 million to P44.83 million, including P6.37 million in cash on hand.
Batu also confirmed the declared net worth of Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio for the following years: 2018- P49.69 million, 2019- P55.61 million, 2020- P56.58 million, 2021- P65.31 million, 2022- P71.06 million, 2023- P77.51 million, and 2024- P88.51 million.
Justice committee members noted that while Duterte’s net worth jumped by nearly 60 percent from 2019 to 2024, both she and her husband no longer declared cash on hand or bank deposits during that six-year period.
“At nung 2019 up to 2024, kahit singko po, wala po siyang dineklara na cash at tsaka cash on hand. Tama po ba? (And from 2019 up to 2024, not even a cent was declared as cash or cash on hand. Is that correct?)” Chua asked the resource person.
“Based on the submitted SALNs, Your Honor, wala pong nakalagay na cash on hand or bank deposits (there was no entry for cash on hand or bank deposits),” Batu confirmed.
To this, a flabbergasted Chua said: “Eh di wow.”

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