President Duterte does not personally receive gifts and instead passes any present to the national government, Malacañang said Monday.
Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo made the statement after challenging media group VERA Files to prove allegations that Duterte supposedly accepted cash gifts worth millions in 2014.
Panelo recalled that when Duterte was given a painting, the Pesident told the donor to donate it to the national government instead. “Is that true? Does he have any evidence to that effect? Ang dami nang nagsabi na si Presidente ang daming, di ba ilang daan milyon meron siya pero di naman totoo [Many claimed the President has millions in the bank but it is not true],” he said.
Panelo, in Monday’s press briefing, acknowledged that a P100,000 thanksgiving gift to a cop may be considered excessive.
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