Vice President Sara Duterte's legal counsel denied the claims of Ramil Madriaga that he is her bagman and he had worked with her since she was the Davao City Mayor, May 4, 2026. On Madriaga's counter-affidavit over the 340-page complaint-affidavit for perjury Sara filed against him, Attorney Salvador Paolo Penelo Jr. said that they were given the opportunity to answer Madriaga's claim, and insisted that he was lying. “Imposible yung mga ipinapatarang ni Ramil Madriaga laban