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00:00One of those who ate the Certificate of Candidacy

00:02is the imprisoned and controversial religious leader, Pastor Apollo Q. Buloy.

00:07There are a lot of people who can't help but have mixed reactions about this.

00:12That's what Professor Antonio Contreras will discuss.

00:15From the point of view of a professor.

00:24Thank you very much, and good morning.

00:28Pastor Apollo Q. Buloy has already filed his COC as a senator.

00:33And a lot of people are asking,

00:36why despite the many other cases filed against him,

00:39Pastor Q. Buloy still has the courage to be a candidate as a senator?

00:46Others are asking, where is our law?

00:49It seems like it's sleeping.

00:52There is only one answer to that.

00:54The law is not sleeping.

00:56Because even if we don't want it,

00:59whether we want it or not,

01:02it's legal.

01:03It's in accordance with the law.

01:05Because in accordance with the prevailing law of our country,

01:12even if you have a case,

01:15even if you are already in jail if it's not yet final,

01:18and you are still being appealed,

01:20you can still be a candidate.

01:24So is this right?

01:26Because others are asking,

01:28why does an ordinary government employee,

01:32when a case is filed,

01:35and investigated,

01:37there is a so-called preventive suspension?

01:40You suspend him,

01:42you don't let him sit down,

01:43there is no salary.

01:44And this candidate,

01:47even if he is already in jail,

01:49or even if there is a case filed,

01:52there is a probable cause,

01:53he is in jail,

01:55he can still be a candidate.

01:59The remedy there is not to suspend the candidate.

02:04Because as I said,

02:06in accordance with the law, it's legal.

02:09The solution there is to change the law.

02:12And who will change that?

02:14Of course, the Congress.

02:16So that's what I want to point out now.

02:18What is our Congress doing?

02:22What are the hearings they are doing

02:24in aid of legislation?

02:27And that's important.

02:29But this kind of practice has been going on for a long time.

02:33Not only Pastor Kebuloy in Alisgo,

02:36there are also many cases,

02:38others are in jail,

02:41others are already in jail,

02:43and they are still being appealed.

02:46Isn't this a problem?

02:49Why can't this be solved by the law?

02:52Why can't the law be remedied?

02:57As I said,

02:58it's not wrong to suspend a candidate,

03:04just like when an ordinary employee is suspended

03:08while he is in jail.

03:12And if not,

03:13the other option is

03:15to allow them to be a candidate,

03:17but they will have to pay a bond

03:19equivalent to the salary

03:21and the benefits that they will receive

03:23if they win for their entire term.

03:25So if they are a president,

03:26their salary is six years,

03:28plus benefits.

03:29If they are a vice president,

03:30their salary is six years,

03:31plus benefits.

03:32If they are a senator,

03:33their salary is six years too.

03:34If they are a member of the House,

03:35their salary is three years and so on.

03:37You are a candidate,

03:38but you have to pay a bond

03:40so that if you are found guilty

03:44in the future,

03:45or even if you are found guilty,

03:47you won't be able to get the bond

03:49that you paid

03:51and you will be punished for it.

03:55Now, if you are acquitted,

03:57you will be refunded without interest.

03:59That's what I thought.

04:01Because if we allow them,

04:05because they haven't been acquitted yet,

04:08and there are other conditions,

04:11there are many things that can be done.

04:14Like I said,

04:15the Congress has the law

04:18and they have the solution here.

04:23So what are we doing,

04:25our congressmen and senators?

04:27Are we going to wait for

04:29an in-aid of legislation

04:31hearing about this?

04:33Meanwhile,

04:34this can be remedied

04:37through a trial.

04:39You don't need to call witnesses.

04:41You don't need to call

04:43just study the legality of this,

04:45but you don't need to

04:47contend with the people here.

04:49This is really what is being said

04:51when laws are being made

04:54that are plugging the holes of the law.

04:58So, let's fix this.

05:02These are the kinds of problems

05:04that should be addressed by legislation.

05:08So, call our congressmen and senators.

05:11There are many scandals

05:15like Pastor Kibuloy's

05:17where there are cases that are still running.

05:20But as we said,

05:21as long as we don't change the law,

05:24that is legal.

05:26That's my point of view for today.

05:28Thank you very much.

05:29And back to you in the studio.

05:32Good morning.

05:33Thank you very much,

05:34Professor Antonio Contreras.

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