Duterte-Cayetano : Sign Manifesto To Bare Their Bank Accounts

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines – The tandem of Rodrigo Duterte and Alan Peter Cayetano signed a manifesto allowing their bank accounts to be scrutinized by the public.

Cayetano showed media the manifesto during a dialogue with Super Typhoon Yolanda survivors in Tacloban City on Monday, March 14.

The manifesto, printed on a piece of cardboard, declares that the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who sign it "pledge to open all our bank accounts in local and foreign currencies both here and abroad in the interest of transparency and accountability."

Both Cayetano and Duterte have signed the document. The space above the names of other candidates remain blank as of this writing.

Asked why he signed the manifesto, Duterte told reporters: “So that the people will know how much is our worth, if we have bank secrets, deposits.”

And what if other candidates refuse to sign?

“Ewan ko (I don’t know. That is for the people to decide. I cannot be judgmental, bahala kayo (it’s up to you). Basta ako, ready ako anytime (I am ready anytime),” he said.

See full report from Rappler