STATEMENT
“I’m addressing lahat kayo, taga-probinsya po ako, hindi ninyo ako pwedeng ma-summon na paulit-ulit. ‘Pag ginawa ninyo yan, i-snub-in ko kayo. Wala akong pera. I’m not that rich na mag-travel dito sa eroplano. Mahal ‘yan. I am… Nabubuhay ako sa retirement pay ko. So, pati itong pamasahe ko, retirement pay ko ‘yan. Wala akong negosyo ever since, gobyerno lang ako, I’ve been an employee of [the] government ever since.”
Source: Senate of the Philippines, Blue Ribbon Committee (Subcommittee on the Philippine War on Illegal Drugs), Oct. 28, 2024, watch from 7:26:36 to 7:27:15
FACT
On Feb. 16, 2017, Duterte himself said his family is not poor.
VERA Files previously reported that Duterte had at least P211 million in the bank, which he did not declare in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth.
