00:00I was really surprised when suddenly I was asked or there was a press conference without even
00:08consulting me, calling for me, and it was actually a hastily arranged press conference.
00:14Then suddenly, binabagit na doon that I'm not an investigator, I'm just a legal advisor,
00:19when in fact, sila naman ang gumawa nung designation na yun, legal advisor investigator.
00:25Sir, there were contrasting ng mga pronouncement.
00:31Kakayanin ko pa yun eh, tatanggapin ko pa yun eh.
00:34Tatanggapin ko rin na wala akong authority over the PNP-CIDG, which is true.
00:39But we took the opportunity to enter into an MOU.
00:45Akipag-MOU kami, through our initiative, nag-MOU kami with PNP,
00:49with forthcoming yun sa NBI, with civil engineers, with IBP, mga lawyers,
00:58ang dami yung mga volunteers, even with structural engineers,
01:03meron din with watch group, with M4GG, or at least everybody.
01:07It's a whole of the nation approach.
01:09Kasi nga, overwhelming.
01:10One thing that I found out is, I anticipated that it's widespread.
01:15But the level, the depth, and the magnitude is really overwhelming.
01:20That, hindi mo kakayanin ng isang taon, dalong taon to investigate,
01:24because it's in thousands of cases.
01:27Sabi ko nga, it became a cottage industry.
01:31Sa isang probinsya nga lang, sabi mo,
01:36isipin mo mga 50 ghost projects, 40 ghost projects,
01:40o kaya undocumented na mga projects, umakabot sa 9,000.
01:43Sa isang probinsya pa lang yan.
01:45Paano pa kaya sa ibang probinsya?
01:48At ang isang na mga nakikita namin doon is,
01:52why is it na ang dumalabas sa NEP for a particular district,
01:57one point something million lang ang hinihingi mo?
01:59I have the records, or 2.5 lang sa president's budget.
02:04Then suddenly, pagkalabas doon sa ga,
02:07bakit umabot na ng mga 21 billion?
02:11And nalaman, nakita namin na talagang prevalent yung kandun,
02:16yung mga ghost and substandard projects sa lugar na yan.
02:20So what was the intention?
02:22Hindi naman tayo tanga.
02:25Nangyayari dito, lumalabas na tanga ang Pilipino,
02:29kaya pabyaan mo na lang sila,
02:30hindi na nila mapapansin yan.
02:32Nakakainsulto isipin.
02:34Nakakainsulto.
02:35Okay.
02:36Balikan ko ulit yung press con na yan.
02:38Nilabas.
02:39And then, suddenly,
02:40may conflict naman ako,
02:42being the mayor,
02:43and at the same time,
02:44being a member of the ICI.
02:46By the way, I'm not a member of the commission.
02:48I'm not a commissioner there.
02:49In fact, sila nga yung gumawa ng workaround nun,
02:53na legal advisor investigator.
02:58Pero in-iss out na ako nun eh.
02:59Tinanggal na nila lahat.
03:00And then, suddenly,
03:02here comes a below the belt naman na accusation.
03:05Na, ay, dahil merong project si Diskaya dun,
03:07at maanumal yung tennis court.
03:12Sobra na yan.
03:13Yun na, hindi ko matake.
03:14Parang pinapalabas mo panang kurap ako.
03:17Ayyan na, mag-aaway na tayo dyan.
03:21Sa unang-unan, sabihin ko nga,
03:23kung bulok ba ko,
03:23lalabanan ko yung mga very powerful na tao dyan.
03:28You have to make sure that you have the moral ascendancy.
03:32Bago mo labanan yung mga tao,
03:33otherwise, masisira ka na yan.
03:35So, nonetheless,
03:36I think I struck a nerve.
03:40I don't like to, you know, expound further.
03:42But I believe I struck a nerve or several nerves
03:45na they panic at kaya ganun yung nangyari.
03:49So, I would like to end
03:52yung aking experience dyan sa ICI.
03:56But one thing that I can say is that
03:59there's no transparency.
04:04There's no transparency whatsoever.
04:07Nakita namin yan ni Secretary Vins.
04:10Tinago lahat.
04:13And they are just so comfortable doing it.
04:17They're not afraid.
04:20Imagine.
04:22Hindi naman lang nila naisip na,
04:25paano ang taong ba yan?
04:27Nakaka-insulto pa.
04:29Ito nga, lately nga,
04:30sinabi pa na,
04:32yung involved na congressman dyan,
04:35si Saldico,
04:36he did not abandon it.
04:37It was a sacrifice.
04:38My God.
04:40Nagdakao ka ng bayo,
04:41kata sasabi mo,
04:42ito was a sacrifice on your part.
04:45And it's not an abandonment.
04:48Ganyan na ba kababa yung standard natin sa Kongreso,
04:51Mr. Chair?
04:53Ganyan na ba tayo kawalang hiyahan ngayon?
04:57Manhid?
04:58Diba?
04:59Napaka-
05:00callousness,
05:02hypocrisy.
05:06At nakaka-insulto
05:08sa mentalidad natin,
05:09Pilipino.
05:10Ito.
05:12Ganyan na ba tayo kawalang hiyahan ngayon?
05:16Mereka maa.
05:16Mereka maa.
05:17Hanyan na ba tayo kawalang hiyahan ngayon.
05:19Ganyan na ba tayo kawalang hiyahan ngayon.
05:20You
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