00:00And Mr. Chair, lastly, may I confirm if the Chairman made an announcement that Mr. Saldico will not be invited?
00:11Yes, as you know, you have been a congressman for many years.
00:16There's what we call inter-parliamentary courtesy.
00:19We do not invite or summon members of Congress in the same manner that they don't invite senators to their hearings.
00:25It is up to the congressmen or senators concerned to appear before their inquiries in aid of legislation.
00:34That is a tradition.
00:35Yes, Mr. Chair.
00:36And that tradition is not accorded to individual members of Congress or either House.
00:42It is accorded to the institution.
00:45Yes, Mr. Chair.
00:45Is that, yeah.
00:47Yeah, but if he is expelled, then we'll invite him.
00:51He's no longer a member of Congress.
00:52Representative Chanko was not expelled, Mr. Chair, but when he was invited...
00:58Yes, but he is voluntarily appearing before the committee.
01:00Yes, but there was an invitation.
01:02No, we did not extend an invitation to...
01:05I was the one who invited him when I was the chairman.
01:07Well, you can speak for yourself.
01:09Yes, that's why.
01:10He can be invited.
01:12There is no violation of inter-parliamentary...
01:15Anyway, that's what I'm under the bridge.
01:17He will appear, I think, anytime now because he was informed by Senator Errecito.
01:21So, can we just proceed?
01:23We have a long day.
01:24I'm going to speak to Mr. Saldico.
01:27All right.
01:27If he's here, we can invite him.
01:30Okay.
01:30Okay, thank you.
01:31No issue there.
01:33Okay, so...
01:35Today, we will hear the testimony of...
01:37...
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