跟进：莎拉辩方撤下全部16名银行证人：8.17亿比索不明财产未获正面回应，控方称辩方在调整策略
菲律宾副总统莎拉·杜特尔特弹劾审判进入第 43 天（11 月 12 日）后，辩方举证的财务短板集中显现：辩方先后撤下原定出庭的全部 16 名银行人员，而控方提出的至少 8.17 亿比索不明财产估算，至今没有得到正面回应。
撤人分两步。辩方发言人 Michael Poa 11 月 11 日宣布，为节省时间、缩短审程，撤下 15 名银行代表，只保留菲律宾群岛银行（BPI）高级副总裁 Paul Roderick Ysmael 于 12 日出庭作证；到了 12 日，辩方又撤下 Ysmael，理由是他出庭只为确认一封由他本人所写的信，而他此前已在庭上承认该信出自本人。16 人无一登上证人席。他们原被传唤，要就莎拉本人持有、以及她与丈夫 Manases Carpio 联名的银行账户作证。
私人检控方 James Bryan Ibrahim Alih 12 日在庭上披露，BPI 另行提交的文件中有一封信，确认莎拉在该行持有美元账户。控方成员 Chua 表示，若美元账户属实，未申报资产的规模可能超过 8.17 亿比索。主持法官 Escudero 随即叫停相关讨论，指法庭尚未正式收到并审查这些文件。
控方的数字来自财务鉴证专家 Alexander Cabrera 的证词：莎拉与丈夫在 2022 年至 2025 年间积累了至少 8.1787 亿比索来源不明的财富与未申报资产。控方发言人、众议员 Zia Alonto Adiong 说，辩方头四天传的六名证人，解释的是东京一顿约 20 万比索的晚餐和约 25 万比索的鞋子等开销，合计不到 50 万比索，与 8.17 亿相去甚远。控方法律发言人 Benjamin Tolosa 称，辩方至今没有挑战控方所提账户的存在与真实性。
辩方 12 日的证人之一、律师 Anel Martin Antero，就 2025 年 3 月在东京一顿约 20 万比索、刷 Carpio 信用卡的晚餐作证。法庭发言人 Reginald Tongol 表示，辩方接下来还将传唤 8 至 10 名证人。弹劾条款目前只剩第二条，即不明财产与资产负债申报不实一条，审判仍在继续。
关联：菲律宾莎拉弹劾审判第43天：主持法官埃斯库德罗警告不得恐吓证人，辩方撤下银行律师证人
（来源：菲律宾参议院）
Follow-Up: Sara Duterte's Defense Drops All 16 Bank Witnesses as P817 Million Unexplained-Wealth Claim Goes Unanswered
By the end of Day 43 of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial on November 12, the gap in the defense's financial case stood out: the defense had withdrawn all 16 bank officials it once planned to call, while the prosecution's estimate of at least P817 million in unexplained wealth remained without a direct answer.
The withdrawals came in two steps. Defense spokesperson Michael Poa announced on November 11 that, to save time and shorten the proceedings, the team was dropping 15 bank representatives, keeping only Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) senior vice president Paul Roderick Ysmael to testify on November 12. On November 12 the defense withdrew Ysmael as well, saying he had been called only to authenticate a letter he himself wrote and had already acknowledged its authorship in open court. None of the 16 took the stand. They had been subpoenaed to testify on accounts held by Duterte individually or jointly with her husband, Manases Carpio.
Private prosecutor James Bryan Ibrahim Alih told the court on November 12 that additional documents submitted by BPI included a letter confirming that Duterte maintained dollar accounts at the bank. Prosecution member Chua said that if the dollar accounts were confirmed, the scale of undeclared assets could exceed P817 million. Presiding officer Escudero halted the discussion, saying the court had not yet formally received and examined the documents.
The prosecution's figure comes from forensic accounting expert Alexander Cabrera, who testified that Duterte and her husband accumulated at least P817.87 million in unexplained wealth and undeclared assets between 2022 and 2025. Prosecution spokesperson Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said the six witnesses the defense presented over its first four days explained items such as a Tokyo dinner of about P200,000 and shoes of about P250,000, together less than P500,000, far from P817 million. Prosecution legal spokesperson Benjamin Tolosa said the defense had yet to challenge the existence or authenticity of the accounts the prosecution presented.
One defense witness on November 12, lawyer Anel Martin Antero, testified about a March 2025 dinner in Tokyo costing about P200,000 charged to Carpio's credit card. Court spokesperson Reginald Tongol said the defense would present eight to ten more witnesses. Only Article II of the impeachment complaint remains, covering unexplained wealth and alleged false asset declarations, and the trial continues.
(Source: Senate of the Philippines)
来源：菲律宾参议院
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