Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp rejects new allegations that a man identified by the alias “Chris” delivered suitcases of money to her twice. Both Inquirer.net and Philstar.com report that Duterte’s spokesperson and legal representatives deny the claims and dismiss them as the product of a “tanim witness” and propaganda.
Inquirer.net frames the development around a statement by spokesperson Salvador Paolo Panelo Jr., who denies Chris’s account and says the vice president will dispute the allegations with evidence at the proper time. Philstar.com publishes similar accounts, including one headline that refers to the alleged driver as an “ex-driver” of former House speaker Lord Allan Velasco, and another that emphasizes the camp’s characterization of the testimony as “tanim witness” and “propaganda.” Overall, the outlets present the same dispute from the Duterte camp’s perspective, with differences mainly in wording and the added reference to Velasco’s former driver.
