00:00Good day to all of you. I will just clarify what I think are the wrong news that we are reading on the internet.
00:12First of all, in the hearing of the Senate earlier regarding POGO and PORAC, Chairman Tenco did not say that I lobbied for an illegal POGO.
00:24What he said was, I lobbied for him last July to ask for a rescheduling of payment for the payments of Lucky Star 99 in PAPCOR.
00:36The reason is because of Ms. Cassie Ong, whom I accompanied, an employee of World Wind Corporation, a service provider,
00:44and the person in charge of Lucky South 99, the Lucky South was victimized by Estafa.
00:53The money that was given to their representative in PAPCOR, Dennis Cunanan, did not reach PAPCOR.
01:01That's why they received a letter from PAPCOR asking for a rescheduling.
01:07Chairman Tenco and Attorney Jeza Fernandez admitted that.
01:14There was no discussion regarding the license because Chairman Tenco mentioned that their new guidelines for internet gaming will be released.
01:23Chairman Tenco's recommendation at that time was to submit all required documents if Lucky South wants to reapply to PAPCOR.
01:35But it's clear that during our July meeting in 2023, Lucky South was not illegal.
01:42That's why it's not possible that I lobbied for an illegal POGO.
01:47Second, I believe that Senator Ontiveros' conclusion that I am the legal counsel of Lucky South
01:58is because in an organizational chart submitted to PAPCOR, I was written as a legal counsel.
02:05Ma'am, in order for that organizational chart to be evidence in my being a legal counsel in Lucky South,
02:12you should show that number one, I have an influence in submitting that organizational chart.
02:19Or else, I agreed to put my name there.
02:22Like what I said in the media, I don't know why my name is there.
02:26Because I have nothing to do with the submission of those documents.
02:30Because from the start, I've been saying that I am not the legal counsel of Lucky South when it comes to its licenses.
02:37And I was never the legal counsel of Lucky South.
02:40So ma'am, anyone can put their name there.
02:43For instance, Senator Riza Ontiveros, Legislative Liaison.
02:47But if you don't know that, of course, you will also make a mistake.
02:51That's what happened to me.
02:53No one asked for my permission to put my name there.
02:56And no one really came to me as a client who is named Lucky South 99.
03:03Third, what PAPCOR said is that they know Cassie Ong, whom I joined with them,
03:10that she is a representative of Lucky South.
03:13The truth is, I joined her because it's been a year since we had a meeting in PAPCOR,
03:19that the Whirlwind Corporation is courting to join the two projects of energy that I am supporting.
03:28One is an LNG project in Bataan and one is a solar project in Cebu.
03:33We are already helping a lot in terms of Whirlwind.
03:36And what we are talking about is first, the feasibility of both projects.
03:41Second, the details of IPIRALO.
03:44And third, obtaining a power supply agreement and buying renewable energy in terms of WESIB.
03:53We are also helping foreign EPCs, the contractors that are making LNG plants and solar plants.
04:04So I really know them.
04:06They are leading.
04:09And last July, they said that they are facing a problem.
04:14That's when I found out that they also have a Pogo plant.
04:17So anyway, I don't have a problem with that because when I was the spokesperson,
04:22I know what the business of the so-called service providers is.
04:26Because when we made the decision to open Pogos during quarantine,
04:32the service providers are the ones who are doing everything for the operators of Pogos.
04:38So I really understand that Ms. Cassie Ong is the service provider of Whirlwind.
04:44Now, it's easy for me to say that yes, my client is Lucky South,
04:49and what I am doing is just trying to make a living.
04:52But to be honest, before having a tourney client relationship,
04:55this is called the highest fiduciary relationship.
04:59It's the highest level of trust.
05:01To be honest, there is no communication that a client told his lawyer
05:06that anyone can say that the client doesn't agree.
05:10That's how sacred the relationship of a tourney client relationship is.
05:14So if Lucky South is a real lawyer, why wouldn't I admit it?
05:20But to be honest, because it is a highly fiduciary relationship,
05:24I cannot admit that there is no relationship between us and Lucky South.
05:31So I hope this made it clear.
05:33First of all, I did not lobby for an illegal Pogo.
05:37Because the times I went there, I did not apply for a license or a scheduling of payment
05:42from a company that is being serviced by the company I know, Whirlwind,
05:49which was legal at that time.
05:51They were legal in July.
05:52Second, as a legal agent, I said that I did not become a client of Lucky South.
06:01And if I became a client, why would I deny it?
06:04There is no responsibility of a lawyer if a lawyer did nothing wrong,
06:10if it's not his job as a lawyer.
06:13I hope this made it clear.
06:15I hope this made it clear.
06:16And I hope you understood that it is not possible for a paper that I did not sign
06:23to prove something that is in that paper.
06:26Thank you very much.
06:27And thank you very much for your trust in the past 34 years that I have been a lawyer.
06:35Good day to all of you.
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