00:00Definitely not. I'm not saying that the Quad Comp is not a judicial body by any sense.
00:06Actually, if you look at the investigations, it's always at the end of it you say,
00:11in aid of legislation. So that's what we're trying to look at.
00:14We're looking at policies and institutional safeguards that we can still put up
00:19when policies have failed.
00:21So let me just clear that we are not a judicial body by any means.
00:26What I'm saying is, a lot of the personalities that are being invited
00:31choose to talk to the media rather than talk to the Quad Comp.
00:38So a lot of the times, we also read what they say in the media.
00:43That's why we're very grateful to our friends in the media for being that bridge as well
00:49in the absence of the presence of these personalities in the Quad Comp.
00:53So what I'm saying is, the Quad Comp is a forum by which they can respond to the allegations.
01:00What I'm saying is, if they want to clear their names, if they want to respond to the allegations,
01:06the Quad Comp is a forum, a channel for them to be able to do it as well.
01:11So yes, we are not a judicial body by any means. I would just like to clarify that.
01:17You won't be afraid if you're not guilty.
01:19So in the eyes of the people, in the eyes of the public, who can see and know what they're doing,
01:25we can't help but think of our fellow countrymen who are guilty of the accusations against them.
01:33So yes, it's better if they face up and explain so that at least they can clear their names.
01:41But for now, they're running away, so we can't help but think of our fellow countrymen
01:47who are guilty of the accusations against them.
01:53Why is a convict, Jimmy Guban, who served time in jail and was brought to the committee
02:04not to testify on what he has told him?
02:07Like what Jimmy Guban said, I was told.
02:11Is it hearsay or rarest testimony?
02:13And why didn't Kati Binag, the one who said that BBN is using cocaine, give a hearing?
02:21What's your reaction to that?
02:24Why not?
02:26Right?
02:27Mr. Guban has information.
02:32He has information.
02:34We're not saying we're taking it at face value.
02:36But the man has a story that he needs to be told.
02:39And we're thankful that he is brave enough to share his side of the story.
02:44And I hope the other leaders are just as brave.
02:48They said, back then, if you're not hiding anything, why are you afraid?
02:55Congress will always be open to all the resource persons
02:59for us to have a better and a complete picture of what's really happening.
03:03We're not saying they weren't invited.
03:07They were invited.
03:09They were given time to share their knowledge about these issues.
03:16Yet, they refused to come.
03:18And Congress, as I said, as we've been repeating, cannot be faulted for doing our job.
03:26But the allegation that BBN's whistleblower, Kati Binag, is using cocaine,
03:35this is what our columnist said.
03:38Maybe if there's an investigation, right?
03:44Our investigation is focused on this problem of those who don't agree with what we're doing.
03:53What they're doing is always comparing themselves to others.
03:58They're trying to deflect the issue.
04:01Congress, especially us, cannot be confused.
04:10It's clear to us what we want to achieve.
04:15What they're doing is also clear to us what they want to achieve.
04:20We cannot be a party to that.
04:22This is an investigation.
04:24There's a process.
04:26There's evidence.
04:28It's all in front of the right forum.
04:31I wasn't the only one who pressed Mr. Guban before he appeared in the House.
04:37He was also there in the Committee.
04:40It's hard to deflect what the House is doing
04:51to reduce or to subtract credibility from what we're doing.
04:58But we're confident that people can see what's right and what needs to be done.
05:08Mr. Ace himself said that
05:16We listened to him.
05:18We looked at his affidavit.
05:20His testimony in the QUADCOM.
05:22The Committee still needs to do the validation.
05:26As Cong Khalid said, you can question the credibility of the witness.
05:31You can question the validity of his statements.
05:34But that's the QUADCOM's job to reanalyze all of the statements from all of these witnesses
05:40and then come up with a Committee report.
05:43Earlier, the columnist asked me why I listened to the convict.
05:51Just because he's a convict doesn't mean all of his statements are not valid or automatically voided.
05:58That's what the Committee is doing.
06:00We're listening to his statement, to what he wants to say.
06:07From that, we'll look at the bigger picture of what the QUADCOM is doing.
06:14Does his testimony make sense?
06:17That's all.
06:18That's probably the only standout in my statement.
06:21Just because he's a convict doesn't mean all of his statements are not voided.
06:24We should give him a chance to speak in the QUADCOM.
06:30He should share his knowledge.
06:32The QUADCOM's job is to look at whether his statements are valid or not.
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