00:00Sen. Nancy Binay walked out of the Senate hearing after the controversial construction of the new Senate building
00:09after Senator Alan Peter Cayetano gave an answer.
00:14Here are the details in the words of Daniel Manalastas.
00:18The Senate Committee on Accounts immediately rushed to the new Senate building
00:25after Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Sen. Nancy Binay gave an answer.
00:30Cayetano is the current Accounts Committee Chairman of the Senate while Binay was the former Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri.
00:38The particular advantage of the two is the importance of the built building of the Senate.
00:43In the document you're holding, there's no 23 billion.
00:4621.7 billion and then 23. You're reacting to what Senator Escudero said, that 23,
00:53which was submitted to us by the SCT, which were all your staff, and which I released to the media.
01:00And you've been going around saying our numbers are wrong.
01:03So if it's wrong, correct it.
01:05But what gave us the numbers, your staff, the issue is clear, you're going to mess up the issue.
01:11I'm not messing up the issue Mr. Chairman.
01:13I just want to clarify.
01:15I'm not messing up the issue.
01:16The next question of the two is to discuss if the construction was delayed.
01:20You're denying even though it's been 15 months in your table.
01:23Then what are we saying in the numbers.
01:26So the point Senator Binay, do you want to help or do you just want to mess it up?
01:31Because from the start, you're messing up the credibility of our review.
01:35Mr. Chairman, my goal is to finish this building.
01:39If you can finish this in 15 months in your table, you didn't do anything.
01:43What you're saying now, I don't know that.
01:45I just found out that it's been 15 months in your table and you didn't do anything.
01:49We're doing something Mr. Chairman.
01:51Then what did you do?
01:53It's been 15 months.
01:55First of all, Mr. Chairman, it's not my job to quantify.
02:00It's the job of DPWH to quantify.
02:04The two even reached other factions.
02:07In particular, the statements of Binay Kamakailan.
02:10I don't have an issue.
02:12You have 10 interviews.
02:14Maybe this is the Makati Taguig.
02:17You didn't change the question on the radio.
02:20All of them have the same question.
02:22It's obvious that you're the one who gave the question.
02:24What does it have to do with Taguig?
02:27I don't want to give questions to the media.
02:30What did you say to me?
02:32You said that someone is stabbing you in the back.
02:34You were accused of attempted murder.
02:36Who is stabbing you in the back?
02:38I don't know anything about that.
02:39I will ask you later who is stabbing you.
02:42But it's not me.
02:43What do I know about that?
02:44Actually Mr. Chairman, did I say that it's you?
02:47I'm not saying that it's you.
02:49What will you say to the media?
02:51This has something to do with Taguig and Makati.
02:54If you say that someone is stabbing you in the back, what will they think?
02:58Did I say that it's Peter Cayetano who is stabbing me?
03:02Didn't they say that when you react, you might be guilty?
03:06Ma'am I can tell you that your name is Lourdes and not Marites.
03:09So let's fix this. It's embarrassing.
03:13We are not Marites Mr. Chairman.
03:15DPWH was asked about the hearing and the following happened.
03:20DPWH, is the amount of P23 billion in your documents excessive?
03:26There is none.
03:31There is none Mr. Chairman.
03:32Thank you.
03:33Sorry, sorry.
03:34There is none.
03:35Order, order, order.
03:39Thank you Mr. Chairman.
03:41There is no such thing as P23 billion in your documents.
03:45Thank you Mr. Chairman.
03:46After the walkout, Binay was shocked by the hearing.
03:51She also answered some accusations.
03:53Of course, we are just humans.
03:55The wound that I thought was healed was opened again
04:03because I remember what they did to my family.
04:06How they destroyed our name.
04:10We were not seated twice a week.
04:14I think the other one is more painful because I worked hard for this building.
04:20Next hearings are expected.
04:23Daniel Manalastas for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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