00:00The strategy of former House Solon and chief suspect in the flood control mess of playing the victim card is not working.
00:07His latest video declaration online has drawn little support.
00:10Even among his supporters, for his insistence he received no kickback at all, is absolute balderdash, as our Mela Las Moras reports.
00:20Yun na nga, puro sabi ni, puro, ang laging sabi is puro sabi ni...
00:25Navotas City Representative Toby Tiangco criticized the new video released by former Ako Bicol Partylist Representative Saldico.
00:33According to Tiangco, it is once again full of mere hearsay and that it is not right for Coe to implicate President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jenner in the alleged budget anomaly,
00:43especially since they do not have any direct communication.
00:46Wala naman siyang masabi na directa, di ba? Puro sabi ni, puro, ang sinasabi niya, puro sabi ni Martin Romualdez, meron si Pangulo dito.
00:55I don't know kung na, na, na, ano yan. Kasi nga, sa harap ko sinabi mismo, na sabi niya, Martin, wala akong natatanggap dyan.
01:03Tiangco also found Coe's claims questionable, specifically the part that he supposedly did not receive any share of the money,
01:10as it is allegedly clear that all the transactions went through Coe.
01:14Kahit ano sabihin niya, siya yung tumanggap ng pera, di ba? Kahit anong sinasabi niya, the fact is, tinanggap niya yung pera.
01:23If it's 52 billion, all the more, hindi ka pati paniwala, na wala siyang natanggap, di ba?
01:30One of the main personalities being implicated by Coe in the alleged corruption issue is former House Speaker
01:36and later First District Representative Martin Romualdez.
01:39However, Romualdez Camp has already asserted that his conscience is clear.
01:43For now, they say they respect the referral made by the Independent Commission for Infrastructure
01:49to the Office of the Ombudsman regarding the issue.
01:51The ICI explicitly states that the referral code is issued without any finding or conclusion of guilt
02:01or liability on the part of former Speaker Romualdez.
02:06This clear statement reinforces our confidence in the Commission's impartiality
02:12and affirms the constitutional role of the Ombudsman as the sole authority empowered
02:18to make determination on accountability.
02:22On the part of the House, Speaker Faustino Bojidi III had already stood firm
02:27that those involved must indeed be held accountable.
02:31Speaker Di said they respect the process and support the institutions
02:34responding to ensure that justice prevails.
02:37Melalas Moras from the National TV Network for a New and Better Philippines.
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