00:00I wish to manifest as well the very spontaneous testimony of Colonel Garma
00:09about you mentioning to him to her and even and even trying to boast upon the
00:21fact that you are part of the killing incident against Mayor Tony Halili.
00:27The testimony is very spontaneous. It is very natural and we do not see any
00:35reason why we should not believe that testimony of Colonel Garma. Unless Major
00:42Albotra, you will be able to prove motive against Colonel Garma. We may be
00:51inclined to reconsider this position. Can you please try to think harder?
00:59May galit po ba sa inyo si Major, si Colonel Garma? Ano po ba ang posibling dahilan kung
01:08bakit kayo ii-implicate ni Colonel Garma amid your claim of absolute
01:15innocence? Mr. Chair, I can only think of two reasons, Mr. Chair. Unang-una po, masyado
01:25na pong confused na confused at mabigat na pong ginadaan na ni ma'am. Kaya
01:31gusto niyo na po sigurong ipasa ang burden, Mr. Chair.
01:33Pangalawa, yung barayuga murder case po, Mr. Chair,
01:41baka naipit na po si ma'am. Kaya po gusto niyo na siguro pong
01:48i-divert ang attention ng Quadcom na ito, Mr. Chair. Atsaka si Lieutenant Colonel
01:54Santi Mendoza po, Mr. Chair. Siya po ay classmate ko. Baka po naggalit na rin si
02:01ma'am sa class namin, Mr. Chair. You have to realize, Major Albotra, that the
02:06testimony that was given by Colonel Garma started with the President down to
02:13the police operatives. Yours is not even a pinch of that totality. At kagaya po
02:23ng tinanong kanina ng ibang members ng Quad, why of all the police officers in
02:30the entire country, why you? If she indeed is not telling the truth.
02:39Can I answer, Mr. Chair? Yes. Sa totoo lang, Mr. Chair, hindi ko po talaga alam, Mr. Chair.
02:48Yun lang pong reason na yun ang naisip ko. Pero kung you try to background me po
02:55doon sa Cebu, Mr. Chair, wala pong maniniwala, Mr. Chair, na ako ay ganun
02:58klaseng tao. Hindi po ako mayabang. Tahimik nga lang po ako, Mr. Chair. Yun lang po, Mr. Chair.
03:07Now, Major, I wish to invite your attention to paragraph 12 of your
03:12affidavit. Sabi mo dito, even my subsequent career promotion and
03:18assignments debunks any notion of being rewarded or incentivized due to any
03:27allegations of killings. Do you know for a fact that the reward system exists? Yes
03:36or no? Mr. Chair, partly yes, Mr. Chair, partly no.
03:43Partly yes. Enlighten us, which part of the reward system are you aware of?
03:51What I am trying to elaborate here, Mr. Chair. Ako po ay tapon-tapon din, Mr. Chair, sa aking assignments.
04:02Yung promotion ko, kita niyo naman, Mr. Chair, hanggang ngayon. Hindi pa ako napopromote.
04:09And kung totoo, Mr. Chair, na talagang party ako nung pagpatay kay Mayor Halili,
04:19siguro po maganda po yung assignment ko, Mr. Chair. Hindi po ako binalik dun sa Cebu, Mr. Chair.
04:26Tapos, yes, Mr. Chair. So when you speak about reward system, you are pertaining
04:33only to promotion and assignment? Is that what you mean? Opo, Mr. Chair. Then you
04:40could have used the word promotion and assignment and not reward. Why did you
04:47use the term reward? What do you understand about the reward system of
04:54the war on drugs? I have no personal knowledge on that, Mr. Chair. I did not
05:03partake on that. If you do not have a personal knowledge, this representation
05:08would not mind if that is a hearsay. What do you understand about the reward
05:16system? Because certainly, this is not about promotion. This is not about a
05:22choice of assignment. Otherwise, you should have indicated that in paragraph
05:2812. What do you understand about the reward system of the war on drugs?
05:36Your Honor, Mr. Chair, yun po ang aking ibig sabihin po, Mr. Chair. When I see, when I write here in my affidavit, the word reward, Mr. Chair, and in synthesize.
05:56Did you read your affidavit before you signed? Yes, Mr. Chair, Your Honor.
06:01Yun po ang gumawa ng affidavit nyo? Yung lawyer ko po, Mr. Chair, in my presence.
06:11Kaya po ang nag, Mr. Chair. If your intention really is to pertain to promotion and
06:17choice of assignment, Major Albotra, bakit hindi yun ang ginamit mong
06:22terminologies? Mr. Chair, Your Honor, yun po talaga ang ibig sabihin ng pag, kung ikaw ay
06:37mariwarda ng assignment o magandang assignment or promotions po, Mr. Chair.
06:43With that, Major Albotra, you are denying the reward system which was testified to
06:51already by Colonel Garma, by Colonel Espinosa, by Colonel Santi, as well as the
07:04pronouncements made already by the then President and the other Senators all
07:11over the media. Are you denying all this? Mr. Chair, there are rumors about that,
07:20Mr. Chair, but I have no direct knowledge on that, Mr. Chair.
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