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Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro denied allegations that the Palace made inconsistent statements on the role of Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong in the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI). (Video courtesy of RTVM)

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00:00Hi Yusa, good morning. Your statements on September 13 and 26 are drawing flack for alleged inconsistency.
00:07September 13 is the announcement of the ICI composition and 26 when you said Mayor Magalong was never given the designation to investigate.
00:16Although on September 13, your words were, Mayor Benjamin Magalong, Special Advisor and who will act as investigator for the ICI. Your comment po.
00:24Okay, maliwanag nga po ang ating pagkakasabi. Nung tayo po yung nagsalita, that's September 13, that's Saturday.
00:32At nung tayo tinanong kung paano siya magiging investigador, sinabi po natin sa ating sagot at inyo po makikita yan at mababasa siguro kung kayo may transcript.
00:41Sinabi po natin na siya po ay magiging, pwede po siya mag-imbista, mag-imbestiga through his own effort.
00:48Pero po, natatandaan po natin, nagsalita din po ang Pangulo, September 15, Monday.
00:58At noong hindi po nag-resign si Mayor Magalong bilang Mayor, sinabi po ng Pangulo na ang kanyang magiging papel ay Special Advisor.
01:11Wala pong dinagdag ang Pangulo na magiging investigador niya dahil nga po, hindi po siya, or rather, he refused to resign as Mayor of Baguio.
01:27So with that, nakita po ng Pangulo ang maaaring maging conflict at kaya po Special Advisor po ang kanyang ibinigay na magiging role ni Mayor Magalong.
01:38So wala po tayong nakikitang inconsistencies sa nasabing aking nasabi noong, September 13, dahil Pangulo po ang mismong nagpas siya noong sinabi niya po ito noong September 15.
01:53Follow-up question?
01:56Maricel Halili, TV5.
01:57Good morning.
01:58Yusek, how big a loss is Mayor Magalong from ICI?
02:02And did the President already receive his resignation?
02:06Natanggap na po at iginagalang po ng Pangulo ang naging desisyon po ni Mayor Magalong.
02:15Kinikilala naman po ng ating Pangulo ang kagalingan ni Mayor Magalong.
02:21Pero ang kanya pong pagbibitaw bilang Special Advisor ay pinapanalangin naman po na hindi ito makakaapekto sa magiging trabaho ng ICI.
02:31Dahil kumpleto naman po ang ICI at nandun pa rin po ang integridad ng miyembro ng ICI.
02:39At in addition to that, nandyan na rin po ang Executive Director.
02:46So ang pagiging Special Advisor po niya ay voluntary po.
02:50At kung siya po pa rin ay makakatulong para po maibigay ang kanyang mga informasyon,
02:56yan naman po ay welcome pa rin po sa ICI.
03:04Thank youames and
03:10You
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