@rappler: Defense seeks exclusion of AMLC's Buenaventura as witness in impeachment trial WATCH: The defense seeks to exclude Anti-Money Laundering Council Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura as a witness in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, arguing that AMLC records are confidential under the Anti-Money Laundering Act and that allowing the witness to testify would violate the law and Duterte’s rights. This is after the prosecution offered Buenaventura’s testimony involving the billions of pesos in financial transactions of Duterte and her husband, Mans Carpio, during the trial on October 5, 2026.