Philippines' Duterte says will snub graft probe
Rodrigo Duterte
The ombudsman says it is investigating claims  President Rodrigo Duterte 's bank accounts had hundreds of millions of pesos (millions of dollars) which he failed to disclose as required by law (AFP Photo/NOEL CELIS)
 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte  has said  he  would not cooperate with a special anti-corruption prosecutor's investigation into allegations  he  acquired ill-gotten wealth  vowing  he  would "not submit" to its authority.
The ombudsman said last week it was investigating claims  Duterte 's bank accounts had hundreds of millions of pesos (millions of dollars) which  he  failed to disclose as required by law.
 Duterte  responded by lashing out at the ombudsman  calling the agency "lousy" and saying allegations against  him  were "lies based on baseless" information.
"I will not submit to the jurisdiction (of the ombudsman) "  Duterte  said in a curse-laden speech to local lawyers on Saturday night.
"Waving fabricated evidence  lying to his teeth in front of the nation and then you want me to submit to the jurisdiction of the ombudsman  " Duterte  said referring to Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang who had announced the probe.
 Duterte 's remarks contradicted his spokesman's statement last week that the president respected the ombudsman and trusted its impartiality.
 Duterte   72  won last year's presidential elections on a brutal law-and-order and anti-corruption platform.
During  the election campaign Duterte  had said  he  came from a poor family and lived a modest lifestyle which boosted  his  image as an anti-establishment politician representing the common folk  analysts said.
The ombudsman probe stemmed from a plunder complaint filed before the elections by opposition senator Antonio Trillanes who alleged  Duterte  embezzled government funds during his more than two-decade stint as mayor of the southern city of Davao.
On Saturday   Duterte  said his family had properties and businesses including an ice plant and lumberyard  adding his late father was a provincial governor.
"The ombudsman says it is investigating claims  President Rodrigo Duterte 's bank accounts had hundreds of millions of pesos (millions of dollars) which he failed to disclose as required by law (AFP Photo/NOEL CELIS)
[TGT]has said  he  would not cooperate with a special anti-corruption prosecutor's investigation into allegations  he  acquired ill-gotten wealth  vowing  he  would "not submit" to its authority.
The ombudsman said last week it was investigating claims  Duterte 's bank accounts had hundreds of millions of pesos (millions of dollars) which  he  failed to disclose as required by law.
 [TGT]responded by lashing out at the ombudsman  calling the agency "lousy" and saying allegations against  him  were "lies based on baseless" information.
"I will not submit to the jurisdiction (of the ombudsman) "  [TGT]said in a curse-laden speech to local lawyers on Saturday night.
"Waving fabricated evidence  lying to his teeth in front of the nation and then you want me to submit to the jurisdiction of the ombudsman  " Duterte  said referring to Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang who had announced the probe.
 [TGT] 's remarks contradicted his spokesman's statement last week that the president respected the ombudsman and trusted its impartiality.
 Duterte   72  won last year's presidential elections on a brutal law-and-order and anti-corruption platform.
During  the election campaign [TGT]had said  he  came from a poor family and lived a modest lifestyle which boosted  his  image as an anti-establishment politician representing the common folk  analysts said.
The ombudsman probe stemmed from a plunder complaint filed before the elections by opposition senator Antonio Trillanes who alleged  [TGT]embezzled government funds during [TGT] more than two-decade stint as mayor of the southern city of Davao.
On Saturday   [TGT]said [TGT] family had properties and businesses including an ice plant and lumberyard  adding [TGT] late father was a provincial governor."