On Saturday, Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio condemned the recent allegations unveiled during the Quadcomm hearing on Friday, calling them "political harassment."
"But as I always say, hindi lang diyan sa kaso na ini-file sa kanila, lahat ito ay political harassment, political attacks. Nakikita niya naman lumabas siya nung umalis ako sa DepEd [Department of Education] lumabas siya nung nagsasalita ako kung anong dapat ginagawa natin para sa ating bayan,” Vice President Duterte said in an ambush interview on Saturday.
(But as I always say, not just in the case filed against them, all of this is political harassment, political attacks. You can see it came out when I left DepEd [Department of Education], it came out when I was speaking about what we should be doing for our country.)
These comments followed claims made by Jimmy Guban, a former customs intelligence officer, who alleged that the real “owners” of the billion-peso shabu shipment in 2018 were her husband, Mans Carpio; her brother, Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte; and businessman Michael Yang.
In his sworn statement during the first joint public hearing of the committees on Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Safety, Human Rights, and Public Accounts on Friday, Guban testified that he had been threatened with death and warned that his child could be kidnapped if he implicated these individuals.
Guban stated that the threat came from former environment undersecretary Benny Antiporda, who sent an emissary to warn him of severe consequences if he included Rep. Duterte, Carpio, and Yang in the case.
Guban hopes that the Quadcomm hearings will bring justice to his case.
In response to his statements, the committee plans to invite Paolo Duterte, Mans Carpio, and other individuals to the next hearing.
