00:00Kaugnay naman sa investigasyon at pagtutok ng DOJ sa flood control projects,
00:05mga pinagahanap na personalidad at ipapang malalaking issue.
00:08Kausapin po natin ang tagapagsalita ng Department of Justice, si Atty. Polo Martinez.
00:13Magandang umaga at welcome po sa Balitang Halit.
00:16Good morning po sa mga nakikinig sa viewers. Good morning, Ms. Connie.
00:19May mga tanong tayo dito, syempre. May makukulong pa ba at dagdag pang makakasuhan sa anomalya sa flood control projects, sir?
00:27At kung meron man, kailan kaya daw yan mangyayari? Mukhang naiinip daw yung mga tao.
00:34Opo. So, right now, meron po tayo mga pending cases sa DOJ na iba po.
00:39Of course, yung ibang kaso po na pending dito, na-refer na po sa Ombudsman for filing with the Sandigan Bayan.
00:47We know that one case is yung malversation case po against former Senator Ramon Nevillea.
00:53Mga iba pong kaso, pending pa po dito, and if found, to have sufficient evidence, ipa-file din po yan with the proper court.
01:01Okay. At sa ngayon ho, may mga iba pang personalidad ba na nag-a-apply pa sa Witness Protection Program na may kaugnayan po,
01:08syempre, dito sa imbisigasyon sa anomalya sa flood control projects?
01:11Sa ngayon ho, wala pa pong additional applicants. Wala rin additional admitted witnesses.
01:18Apat lang po sila currently. Yan po si Yusek Bernardo, Engineer Opulencia, Sally Santos, and Henry Alcantara.
01:27So, wala pa pong natatagdagan besides these four.
01:30Pero, linawin lang ho natin na talagang prerequisite, kumbaga, yung restitution o yung pagbabalik po ng mga nakaw na mga salapi, ano, ng taambayan,
01:42dun sa mga personalidad po na mag-a-apply kung sakasakali sa Witness Protection Program.
01:48Okay. So, maganda pong topic ito, linawin po natin na hindi po prerequisite or condition requirement ang restitution bago po ma-admit sa program.
01:56Ang main criterion po for being admitted into the program will ultimately be the testimony of the witnesses.
02:04Yung laman or the substance of their testimony, if it's competent enough to testify in court,
02:10kapag po pwede natin makita na it can be corroborated, meaning na kapag pinagtahitahi yung mga ibang-ibang ebidensya,
02:17makita ba na makabuluhan itong testimony nila?
02:21Ang ano po, ang restitution o pagbalik ng pera para po sa mga kaalaman ng lahat,
02:26incidental lang po yan. Meaning, bonus lang, kumbaga, so to speak.
02:32Because, alam po natin na kapag na-admit na po isang witness sa program, may certain level of immunity na sila.
02:38Hindi na po sila pwedeng kasuhan o habulin sa mga kaso o against certain liabilities.
02:44So, yung logic po behind that is, habang maaga pa, makapagbalik po, voluntarily commitment nila na magbalik ng pera.
02:52Parang goodwill lang on their part. Pero kasi ho, nabanggit na rin ho ni Ombudsman Rimulya,
02:59na sinasabi niya na in the case of halimbawa Zaldico, bago siya siyempre maging state witness,
03:06or at least magkaroon po ng chance na ma-admit po sa witness protection program,
03:11ang kailangan magbalik muna siya ng mga nanakaw na pera.
03:15Ano ho, parang nagkakaroon kasi ng kalituhan doon eh, sir.
03:19Opo. So, just to clarify po, iba po kasi ang jurisdiction and mandate ng Ombudsman sa DOJ.
03:27And may sarili pong kakayanan, kapangyarihan, and prerogative ang Ombudsman
03:33na tumanggap na kanilang sariling witnesses, independent po yan and separate from the DOJ.
03:39I see. Okay.
03:40So, let's begin that year.
03:41Malinaw na po yan.
03:42At kamusta po ang efforts naman ng DOJ na makipag-ugnayan sa Interpol at iba pang foreign counterparts
03:48para mahanap at mabalik po ng bansa yung mga pinagahanap na personalidad,
03:52tulad ni Nasa Aldico, Hari Roque, at maging si Atong Ang.
03:57Opo. So, ang DOJ po, nag-file na po ng request with Interpol for the issuance of red notices
04:04for certain individuals.
04:07Hindi ko lang po masisigurado kung lahat na po ito,
04:09sapagkat DFA po ang primary agency mandated to coordinate with the different countries.
04:17Sa DOJ, as far as we're concerned, we filed the proper requests
04:24and we're still currently awaiting results.
04:27Okay. Marami pong salamat sa inyo pong oras, sir.
04:31Thank you po. Thank you, Ms. Connie.
04:33Yan po naman si DOJ spokesperson, Attorney Paulo Martinez.
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