Vice presidential candidate Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday filed a plunder complaint
against presidential frontrunner Mayor Rodrigo Duterte before the Office of the Ombudsman over
alleged ghost employees in Davao City.
“Dito natin makikita ‘yung hypocrisy ni Mayor Duterte, na ‘yung sinasabi niya
contractualization must stop… Pero kita niyo dito, ilang years na, 13 years na ‘yung mga
contractuals niya, pero hindi nag-e-exist,” Trillanes told the media in a press conference at Magdalo
headquarters in Quezon City.
“Ito ‘yung nasa payroll binabayaran ng Davao City na napupunta sa
bulsa ni Mayor Duterte na nakita natin sa kanyang mga bank accounts,” he said.
(In this COA report, COA says that there are no job descriptions, just names. Because of the
culture of impunity in Davao City, because they can silence everyone, they are brazen in carrying out
their anomalies.)
Calling Duterte a “fraud” and an allegedly corrupt leader, the senator said he was hoping that
voters rooting for the mayor will have a change of heart, four days before the elections.
“Mayor
Duterte is a fraud. Isa siyang kurakot. Sana nga may oras pa para magbukas ang kanilang isipan (He
is corrupt. If only there is still time for them to open their minds),” he said.
“Sana maliwanagan na
‘yung nga kababayan natin… Ang talo dito yung mga taga Davao. Pondo n’yo ito na napupunta sa
bulsa ni Mayor Duterte,” Trillanes further alleged.