THE Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has received a subpoena from the House Committee on Justice requiring its top official to appear at the next impeachment hearing this Wednesday and submit financial records involving Vice President Sara Z. Duterte and her husband.
The subpoena ad testificandum et duces tecum, dated April 15, 2026, directed AMLC Chairman Eli M. Remolona Jr. to attend the April 22 hearing at 10 a.m. at the House of Representatives and to bring documents covering reported transactions from 2006 to 2025.
Under the order received last April 16, the AMLC is required to produce “original or certified true copies of all reports of covered transactions and suspicious transactions” involving Duterte and Manases Carpio, along with “any and all investigation reports or related reports or documents prepared by AMLC” on the same.
The subpoena, issued in connection with the verified impeachment complaints against the vice president, states that the records will be used “to testify on reports of covered transactions and suspicious transactions” involving Duterte and her husband.
It added that the request is tied to allegations of unexplained wealth, referring to transactions “which VP Duterte failed to reflect in her Statement of Assets, Liabilities, & Net Worth.”
The House panel also directed the AMLC to “identify and authenticate AMLC reportorial certifications, and other relevant reports” involving the Vice President, her spouse, and “various business entities in which they hold interest.”
Remolona was instructed to appear before the committee at the 2nd floor of the People’s Center in the House complex.
The subpoena noted that he may be accompanied by legal counsel, but such counsel would be limited to an advisory role and “shall not be permitted to speak or otherwise participate in the proceedings.”
The order was signed by Committee on Justice chairperson Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro of Batangas, with Deputy Speaker Alfredo “Albee” Benitez signing for Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III, and attested by Secretary General Cheloy Garafil.
The development comes as the House panel presses forward with its hearings to determine probable cause in the impeachment complaints against Duterte.
