REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
BRANCH ____, TAGUIG CITY

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Plaintiff,

Criminal Case No.___________

versus For: Violation of RA. 9262

IVAN PAULO B. SALANGUIT

Accused,
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JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT OF IVAN PAULO B. SALANGUIT

1. Please state your name and other personal circumstances.

A: My name is Ivan Paulo B. Salanguit, fifty-five (55) years of age,

Filipino, and a resident of 78B 2nd Avenue cor. 30th Street Taguig City,
Metro Manila.

2. Q: Who is the lawyer conducting this direct examination?

A: Atty. Karl Kenny Ramo is the lawyer conducting this direct

examination.

3. Q: Where is this examination being held?

A: Lyceum of the Philippines University, 109 L.P. Leviste St., Salcedo

Village Makati City.

4. Q: Are you answering the questions asked of you fully

conscious that you are doing so under oath, and that you may
face criminal liability for false testimony or perjury?

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A: Yes, I am answering the question asked of me fully conscious that I
am doing so under oath, and that I may face criminal liability for false
testimony or perjury.

5. Q: What is your present occupation?

A: I am currently the Corporate Secretary of NorthWind Power

Development Corporation located at 312 4th Ave, Taguig, 1434 Metro
Manila.

6. Q: Do you know the complainant in the instant case, Carmela

Virtucio?

A: Yes, I do.

7. Q: Why do you know her?

A: Ms. Carla Virtucio is my wife.

8. Q: When were you married?

A: We were married on December 08, 1993.

9. Q: Did you execute a pre-nuptial agreement prior to your

marriage with the complainant?

A: No. We did not.

10. Q: Do you have any children with the complainant?

A: Yes. We have one daughter, Cassandra who was born on February

16, 1997. She’s 22 now.

11. Q: At the time you were married with the complainant, what
were your occupation? How about your wife’s?

A: I was working with the Public Attorneys’ Office (PAO) at that time
and my wife was working at ACCRALAW.

12. Q: And how did the two (2) of you met?

A: We were introduced by my colleague, Marco Gavida, also from PAO.

He was her classmates in UP Law.

13. Q: You said earlier that you are currently working at NorthWind
Power Development Corporation. What made you left PAO?
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A: I left because after my daughter was born, we decided that my wife
will be the one who will take care of our child. So, she left ACCRALAW
and I sought another job with a higher salary.

14. Q: And you became the sole earner of the family after that?

A: Yes. As I mentioned earlier, my wife resigned from ACCRALAW

when our daughter was born.

15. Q: Did you force your wife to leave her work?

A: No. There was a discussion about it when we found out that she was
pregnant with our child and we arrived at a consensus where we both
are amenable.

16. Q: After you got separated, did your wife look for a job?

A: She did not immediately look for a job. As per my understanding,

Carmela only started to establish herself professionally in 2019 when
she started consultancy work.

17. Q: How would you describe your marriage?

A: At the start of our marriage we were a normal newly-wed married

couple. We were happy. We were both working lawyers so it was easy
for us to understand if we are both busy.

18. Q: And when did you separate with your wife?

A: We have been separated around August of 2007.

19. Q: Why did the two of you separated?

A: It was a mutual decision for both of us. Both of us were not happy.

20. Q: Did you execute any agreement with your wife after your
separation in fact?

A: Yes. We executed an agreement to dissolve and liquidate our

absolute community property.

21. Q: When did you execute this agreement?

A: We executed the agreement on March 2, 2010.

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22. Q: What did you stipulate in this document other than the
dissolution and liquidation of your absolute community property?

A: We also agreed on the custody of Cassandra. We also included in

the agreement the support that I would provide to them once the
agreement is approved by the court.

23: What was agreed upon with regard to the support of the child?

A: It was agreed upon that my former husband must contribute SIXTY

THOUSAND PESOS (Php 60,000) each month, subject to a yearly
increase of 5% beginning 2011, and Php 15,000 as premiums for life
and disability insurance.

24. Q: And did you pay this agreed upon support?

A: Yes. Since the judicial approval of the agreement, I have religiously

paid the agreed upon of support.

25. Q: Based on the complaint of your wife, she alleged that you
stopped providing support starting October of last year (2018). Is
it true?

A: No, that is not entirely true. Despite my financial capacity diminishing

as early as 2016, I have given her and my daughter the support they
need.

26. Q: What do you mean by your financial capacity has been

diminished?

A: At the time we settled the support agreement, I was employed full

time at NorthWind Power Development Corporation as a Corporate
Secretary and a Legal Counsel. However, in 2016, another company
bought 67% of NorthWind and my functions have been reduced. In fact,
the office of the Corporate Legal Counsel was declared redundant in
2017 and I am now only a corporate secretary with no day-to-day
function and my salary has been reduced by 75%.

27. Q: And what did you do when this happened?

A: I transitioned to a hydropower company as President in 2017. At that

time, we had a two (2) pending projects in Bulacan, waiting for the
approval of the Energy Regulation Commission (ERC).

28. Q: And did this venture helped to ease your financial burdens?

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A: Unfortunately, no. The founder of the company, Jonathan Grey,
passed away in March 2017, leaving me principally in charge of the
projects getting done.

29. Q: And how did this affect your current financial position?

A: Since there were a lot of upheavals happening in the energy industry,

principally the scandals at the ERC, the approval of the company’s
projects has been delayed by nearly 2 years to date, I was forced to
fund the company to get is to commercial operation.

30. Q: And despite these financial setbacks you continually give

support to your wife and your daughter in the amount stated in the
agreement?

A: I did. I was still paying Php78,000 monthly support plus Php220,000

annually in insurance premiums as agreed since 2010. That’s Php1.156
million a year. It was only starting October last year, because of my
current financial problems, that I offered to give P50,000, exclusive of
the insurance premiums that I have faithfully paid.

31. Q: And this was refused by your wife?

Q: Yes. Carmela refused to receive such amount. She even refused to

review the contract despite such stating that “the monthly support is
subject to review as may be necessary but always depending upon the
financial capacity of the parties.”

32. Q: And what did you do afterwards?

A: I tried to reason with her. I told her that I was already paying for the
condominium unit located in Makati that I have bought last year on
which I have put it in my name and Cassandra’s.

33. Q: You mentioned earlier that you had financial difficulties

starting 2016. How did you afford to buy the condominium unit?

A: Despite financial difficulties, I entered into such property transaction

because I was already anticipating a resolution of the ERC problems
and that the property was offered to me at a very low price of Php11
million only.

34. Q: And how much are you paying for this condominium unit?

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A: I’m paying Php147,200 a month in amortization, a total of Php1.176
million a year which is more than my cash support obligation to
Cassandra.

35. Q: And why did you buy this condominium unit?

A: I have thought this capital investment will benefit Cassandra even

beyond when she turned 25 when my support is supposed to end as
this will a capital asset that she can use for her needs. And if she doesn’t
want the property, the same can be liquidated easily or even leased out.

36. Q: And this arrangement was not amenable to your wife?

A: No. She still refused to accept the Php50,000 I offered to her starting
October last year despite the deficiency being covered by other
arrangements that are beneficial to Cassandra.

37: Q: Other than the financial difficulties you have mentioned

earlier, are there any reasons why you asked to lower the agreed
support?

A: The idea for the amount of support from me was to give Carmela the
time to re-establish herself professionally and have her own income. As
stated earlier, since Carmela already does consultancy work now and
she’s earning her own income, the Php50,000 I am offering together
with her own income should be more than enough to take care of
Cassandra in the lifestyle she’s accustomed to.

38. Q: Based on the agreement, you are also solely liable for the
capital expense for the education of your daughter such as your
tuition and miscellaneous school fees, books, uniforms, etc. Is
that correct?

A: Yes. That is correct.

39. Q: And did you comply with such stipulation?

A: I did provide for the school expenses of Cassandra. However, since

Cassandra was an Oblation scholar at the time she was in UP, we
decided to earmark such amount I would have spent on her tuition and
miscellaneous school fees for her to invest.

40. Q: And is the amount already invested?

A: Not yet, because we have yet to discuss where to invest such

earmarked amount.

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41. Q: Finally, have you ever been convicted of any crime?

A: No.

- END OF STATEMENT -

Ivan Paulo B. Salanguit

Affiant

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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME in the City of Taguig
this 9th day of July 2019, personally known to me as such, affiant
exhibiting to me her SSS Id. No. 36-7364028 issued at Quezon City.

CHRISTOPHER GARCIA
Notary Public
Until December 31, 2020
Per Notarial Commission No. M-111 Taguig City
BP No. 938475; January 3, 2013; Taguig Chapter
PTR No. 0394837; January 3, 2019 Taguig City
Roll No. 49304

Doc. No.: _____;

Page No.: _____;
Book No.: ______;
Series of 2019

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 ATTESTATION CLAUSE
I, Karl Kenny Ramo, do hereby attest that:

1. I conducted and supervised the examination of the witness Ivan

Paulo B. Salanguit;
2. I faithfully recorded or caused to be recorded the questions I asked,
and the corresponding answers that the witness gave; and
3. Neither me nor any other person then present or assisting the
witness coached the latter regarding his answers.

Karl Kenny Ramo

Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME in the City of Taguig

this 9th day of July 2019, personally known to me as such, affiant
exhibiting to me his Philippine Passport with No. P93746394A, issued
on 22 January 2017 at DFA Manila and Valid until 21 January 2027.

CHRISTOPHER GARCIA
Notary Public
Until December 31, 2020
Per Notarial Commission No. M-111 Taguig City
BP No. 938475; January 3, 2013; Taguig Chapter
PTR No. 0394837; January 3, 2019 Taguig City
Roll No. 49304

Doc. No.: _____;

Page No.: _____;
Book No.: ______;
Series of 2019