Philippine Front-runner Had $51 Million in Banks, Senator Says
- Supporter of rival releases Duterte bank transaction records
- Duterte camp says allegations are `rubbish,' questions timing
Philippine presidential favourite Rodrigo Duterte.
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Rodrigo Duterte, the crime-fighting mayor who is favored to win the Philippines’ May 9 presidential election, failed to declare tens of millions of dollars in assets, according to records released by a senator supporting rival candidate Grace Poe.
Senator Antonio Trillanes, who is himself a candidate for vice-president, said the documents show Duterte had transactions totaling 2.41 billion pesos ($51 million) across 17 accounts over the past nine years, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported. Duterte declared a net worth of 22 million pesos in 2014. Duterte spokesman Peter Lavina said the allegations were "rubbish".