00:00Welcome to the investigation of the House Quad Committee on the illegal activities of POGO. We are talking to the House Quad Committee Chairman Representative Robert Ace Barbers.
00:09Good morning and welcome to the Balitang Hali.
00:11Good morning Raffy. Good morning to our countrymen.
00:16What is your priority in continuing the hearing of the committee tomorrow?
00:22This illegal POGO, this is a recent issue Raffy. There are many people in the government that we believe are involved in this,
00:34like yesterday in the Senate, there was a story that there was a former chief PNP involved in this.
00:43It was also said that there are government agencies that helped in the escape of Mayor Alice Go.
00:52Most of all, of course, this illegal POGO started.
00:57How did Mayor Alice Go become mayor? How did she establish POGO? Who is behind these POGOs?
01:06There are many things to talk about here Raffy. That's why this issue should be forgotten.
01:12If it was not believed yesterday in the Senate who is the former chief PNP, will this be known tomorrow in the Congress?
01:19I hope that our witnesses will cooperate.
01:23But in their tone yesterday, their answers to the questions of our fellow Senators were firm.
01:34But we will try our best to force them to cooperate, especially to the people who have accountability and responsibility to our children.
01:46These are government officials. Hopefully, we can figure this out and determine who these people are.
01:54What is the purpose of the Valenzuela Regional Trial Court in inviting Alice Go to participate in the hearing of the Quad-Go?
02:01Personally, I have no idea yet at the moment. But our invitation was sent last week.
02:09Supposedly, our hearing is on Tuesday-Saturday, yesterday.
02:15But we gave way to the Senate so that there will be no problem with the resource persons because we invited the same resource persons.
02:28Regarding the petition for certiorari of Campo ni Cassandra, what can you say about this?
02:34She has the right to go to the Supreme Court and file a certiorari.
02:42I hope that the court will decide that for the sake of our Quad-Go, to bring out the truth,
02:52I hope that the certiorari will not grant it. That's what we want.
02:58I have a lot of questions for her. She has a lot of questions that are not clear to you.
03:02That is correct. In fact, there are a lot of people in the Quad-Go who want to ask questions, not only to her, but to other personalities who have connections here in Pogo,
03:15like Atty. Harry Roque, Cassandra Ong, Mayor Don Calugay.
03:26These are the personalities that we believe have sufficient information to help in this investigation.
03:35I hope they will cooperate with our committee.
03:38You mentioned Atty. Harry Roque after you challenged him to face the charges. Did he consult with you?
03:45He hasn't contacted me yet, Raffy. That's why if he's listening, I hope he will consult with the Congress.
03:56That way, he will be able to help our country in bringing out the truth.
04:03What will you do if he really refused to show up?
04:07He was already cited in contempt. In fact, there is a contempt order of the Quad Committee, an arrest order.
04:16If he is found, he will be brought to the Quad Committee and he will be forced to speak there.
04:27Let's wait for the updates on these issues. Thank you very much for your time in Balitang Hali.
04:34Thank you, Raffy.
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