MANILA — The camp of Manases “Mans” Carpio has raised concerns over how lawmakers handled Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) records presented during House hearings on the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte.

In a report, it said that in a Super Radyo dzBB interview, Carpio’s spokesperson, lawyer Neil Abayon, said Carpio was denied due process after his financial information was disclosed during the proceedings without prior notice or an opportunity to respond.

He said the issue goes beyond the figures linked to Carpio’s bank transactions, and centers on how the information was presented publicly.

“‘Yung big dilemma talaga roon, they disclosed personal circumstances ni Atty. Mans yet he was not notified about it. So, ‘yung right niya ngayon to due process, ‘yung right to notice and to explain, nawala ‘yun sa kanya,” Abayon said.

Abayon added that Carpio was not notified or invited to the House committee on justice hearing, even though his financial records were discussed.

“Si Atty. Mans was never notified or never invited doon sa hearing despite pala na idini-disclose ‘yung personal information niya,” he said.

The lawyer also rejected claims that Carpio held as much as P6 billion, saying his client “outright denies” the allegation.

He said one transaction cited in discussions involved only P2 million but was allegedly recorded as P2 billion before being corrected.

Abayon added that larger amounts cited in public discussions may have resulted from how transactions were totaled in the AMLC report.

“‘Yung assumption namin currently, mukhang na-total nila na P2 billion ‘yung inflow at outflow. So, if you follow the computation doon sa unofficial AMLC report, that’s P4 billion already doon sa computation nila as transactional amount,” he said.

He also said the camp has yet to receive what it considers the complete official AMLC report.

Abayon said Carpio himself was surprised by the reported figures.

“Pati si Atty. Mans nagulat na may ganoon daw siyang kalaking pera,” he said.

Earlier, Carpio’s lawyer Peter Paul Danao said a supposed P2-billion inflow cited in discussions was the result of a Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) systems error and not evidence of unexplained wealth.

In response, BPI said it does not disclose client information or transaction details except as required by law.

“As a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)-supervised institution, Bank of the Philippine Islands adheres strictly to all applicable laws and regulations, including those governing bank secrecy, data privacy, and consumer protection,” the bank said.

It added that it complies with regulatory reporting requirements through proper authorities and provides clarifications when necessary.

A report cited that an AMLC submission indicated BPI was retracting information on 13 transactions linked to Carpio due to a systems bug.

Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon, a member of the House justice committee, said the discrepancy was not hidden from the public and was included in the report.

Meanwhile, House justice panel vice chairperson Belle Zamora said the AMLC report helped convince some lawmakers to support the finding of probable cause in the impeachment complaints against Vice President Duterte.

She said the financial records were difficult for some members to ignore.

“I understand there are political considerations [at play with how my House colleagues will vote]. Maybe it even applies to all, but we are hopeful that they will look at the evidence, especially the AMLC report. In fact, when the AMLC report came out, may mga kaibigan po tayo na nasa gitna pa ang kanilang boto noon, pero na-convince po sila (we have friends who were still undecided but they were convinced),” Zamora said.

She added that they expect enough votes to meet the constitutional threshold for impeachment.

The House justice panel has already approved the committee report and four articles of impeachment, which will be scheduled for plenary consideration.

Zamora also denied reports that lawmakers withdrew their signatures, saying no formal signing had occurred at the time the claims surfaced.

“In truth and in fact, when these reports came out about people withdrawing signatures, we hadn’t signed anything at that point,” she said.