Sen. Cayetano lauds Atty. Baligod for Clearing his Name

Posted by Mortz C. Ortigoza

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AMBUSH INTERVIEW

With Senator Alan Peter “Companero” S. Cayetano

May 19, 2014

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano (Center) in consultation with tricycle
drivers in San Carlos City, Pangasinan.

I THANK ATTY. BALIGOD FOR CLEARING MY NAME IN PDAF SCAM

First of all, I would like to thank Atty. Baligod in clearing my name. It is consistent with what Benhur personally wrote doon sa kanyang files na I have not dealt whatsoever with Ms. Napoles. And it is also consistent with his testimony noong tinanong ko siya dito kung meron ba sa loob ng kwarto na ito – at during that time, ilan lang kaming andoon, na nag-deal kay Ms. Napoles.

BUT PDAF ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT ME. IT’S ABOUT THE BILLIONS OF PESOS THAT MRS. NAPOLES AND HER COHORTS HAVE STOLEN FROM FILIPINO FAMILIES

Having said that, this is beyond me. This is beyond yung mga indibidwal na nabanggit or tsini-tsismis or tinuturo ngayon. Kailangan, mag-provide ang administration na ito, ang Senado na ito, ng leadership, ng mekanismo na malaman kung sino ang nagsisinungaling, sino ang nagsasabi ng totoo, kung tama ang ginawa ng dalawang Secretary o mali, kung nagpagamit ba sila kay Ms. Napoles o hindi.

Kailangan ng mekanismo, at sa ngayon, the best mechanism, dadalawa lang.

Number one, mag-hearing kaagad. para magharap-harap at malaman ang katotohanan. And number two, ilabas ng mga government agencies katulad ng DBM at ng DA at ibang ahensya, ng COA, ang lahat ng dokumento para malaman.

I AM DISAPPOINTED OVER POSTPONEMENT OF MALAMPAYA SCAM PROBE

I’m very disappointed that we cancelled the hearing for Thursday sa Malampaya sapagkat this would have been an opportunity na kahit iba ang hearing, ay ipatawag ulit si Ms. Napoles at ipatawag ulit ang mga listahan dahil intimately related. Lumalabas ngayon na intimately related ang Fertilizer scam, ang PDAF scam, at ang Malampaya scam.

I WILL FILE A RESOLUTION FOR THE RE-OPENING OF THE FERTILIZER SCAM INVESTIGATION

That is why I am filing a resolution tomorrow to reopen the Fertilizer scam hearing.

Thursday is not the only day we can have a hearing. We can have a hearing ng Friday. We can have a hearing on Wednesday. We can have a hearing on Monday so ano ba mas nakakahiya? Na magkaroon ng hearing na merong World Economic Forum o humaharap tayo lahat sa mga leaders around the world tapos may cloud of doubt sa ulo ng mga pulitiko, ng mga media at later on pati yung judiciary.

Kung mapapansin  niyo last week yun ang sinabi ko. Who’s next after the politicians? Will it be the mediamen? And true enough. So right now, magthink twice. Tuloy-tuloy pa rin, hard-hitting pa rin ang ating mga kapatid o mga kabaro sa media pero you will assume na may preno din ng konti. Katulad dito sa Senado, maraming humihinga ng malalim na kahit inosente sila, baka biglang i-drag ang pangalan nila. So where is the leadership, ano ang mekanismo para magkaalaman tayo sino ang nagsasabi ng totoo at sino ang nagsasabi ng hindi. Face to face and kailangan. ###