DAVAO CITY - Special Assistant to the President Christopher "Bong" Go on Saturday did not directly address Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's dare for both of them to sign a bank waiver and instead insisted on his "one-on-one" challenge against the opposition lawmaker.

Go last week goaded Trillanes into a one-on-one in response to the latter's criticisms against the administration. The senator countered Go's challenge and dared him to open his bank accounts to scrutiny.

"Ball pen lang pala ang gusto mo. Waiver na naman? O saksakan ng ballpen ang gusto mo? Gusto mo saksakan? Kahit saang kampo, puntahan kita," Go said of Trillanes' dare in an interview with reporters here.

(It a appears that a ball pen is all you want. Another waiver? Or do you want a stabbing match with pens? Wherever you are, I'll go to you.)

"Tanggapin muna ni Trillanes ang hamon ko sa kanya, kaysa dada siya nang dada. Ang hamon ko sa iyo, one-on-one, sa Tagalog, 'mano-mano.' Walang kasamang amo, at baka lalo ka lang maduwag," he added.

(Trillanes should accept my challenge first instead of yammering on and on. My challenge for you is a one-on-one; in Tagalog, 'mano-mano.' There won't be any boss there, you may cower more otherwise.)

Go said Trillanes can only set his own challenge after defeating him in his initial one-on-one dare.

"'Pag natalo mo ako, pwede ka ng maghamon at kung meron kang makitang billion sa akin, sa 'yo na," said President Rodrigo Duterte's longtime aide.

(If you defeat me, you can set your own challenge and if you find that I have billions, you can have the money.)

Duterte earlier this year was quoted as saying in media reports that Go is a "billionaire" who does need to profit from government projects after the latter was accused of interfering with the 15.7-billion procurement of Navy warships.

Addressing his boss' statement, Go said: "Noong pabirong sinabi ng Pangulo na bilyonaryo ako, mayrong ari-arian ang pamilya namin, kung sakaling ibenta ito, 'yun ang ibig sabihin ng Pangulo."

(When the President said in jest that I was a billionaire, he meant that my family has some properties that we may sell.)

Trillanes, for his part, signed a waiver last year for the 12 bank accounts being linked to him and dared Duterte to do the same.

The senator has been accusing Duterte of maintaining secret bank accounts since the 2016 national elections.