00:00At kaugnay ng issue ngaan, kausapin na natin ngayon si Quezon City 46 Representative Bong Suntay.
00:05Magandang tanghali at welcome po sa Balitang Hali.
00:10Hi, magandang tanghali, Rafi. Magandang tanghali sa iyo.
00:13Good morning. Ano pong reaction nyo dun sa mga negatibong tugon dun sa inyo naging pahayag sa Kongreso?
00:22Well, of course, ang sinasabi ko nga, the analogy was taken out of context.
00:30In fact, it was the point that I was trying to drive out when I made that analogy.
00:35Kasi dapat tignan natin dun sa konteksto nung pagdinig kahapon.
00:41Because yung analogy na yun was in relation dun ng isa sa grounds for the Articles of Impeachment.
00:48At yung nabanggit ni VP Sara na nagkaroon siyang imagination and desire to inflict harm on the President.
00:56Ang diskusyon nun, yung imagination and desire is not an impeachable offense without an overt action.
01:03Yung analogy ko, para lang ipakita rin that, you know, first, that imagination and desire is not a criminal offense
01:14without any overt action.
01:15At pangalawa, para ipakita that at times, there are may mga statements which are taken out of context.
01:25Kagaya nung nangyari sa akin, kagaya nung nangyari kay Vice.
01:29We, alam mo, wala tayong intention na lagyan ng malisya yung analogy na yun.
01:34Some people, of course, may have ruffled some sensitivity, especially among the women's group.
01:40So, nais natin humingi ng pangumanhin dun, but hindi yun yung intention natin dun sa analogy na yun.
01:46I come up with something na maiintindihan ng mga tao.
01:50In fact, ito nga, in a way, it became effective dahil napansin yung mensahe.
01:57Gusto ko naman, ang pansinin ng tao, yung konteksto ng sinasabi natin.
02:03Okay, sinasabi nyo nga po yung konteksto.
02:04Himayin po natin, ano po bang ibig nyo sabihin dun sa nag-init at pwedeng mangyari?
02:08Ay, yung sabi ko ha, may desire na nag-init.
02:15Ang interpretasyon ko dun, nakita ko yung crush ko.
02:19At ang imagination, na-imagine ko, nanililigawan ko siya at naging girlfriend ko siya.
02:25Pero, siguro, hindi naman ako makakasuhan kasi may asawa ko dahil bigami.
02:31Hindi ko pwedeng kasuhan ng bigami pagka-imagination lang.
02:34Diba? Yun yung punto ko.
02:36Hindi naman niya, hindi naman malicious.
02:39In fact, the whole scenario was a fictitious scenario.
02:43Gayun pa man ang congressman, bagamat in hindsight na tapos na.
02:45Dahil hindi ko naman talaga nakita si Ann sa Sangerla.
02:48Opo, opo. In hindsight mo, tapos na po yun.
02:51Kaya lang, aminado ba kayo na pwedeng gumamit kayo ng mas akmang analogy po siguro?
02:56Na hindi magiging kontrobersyal?
03:03Well, alam mo, unang-una, yun ang unang pumasok sa isip ko.
03:06Dahil the night before, yung aking kaibigan, e, kuinento sa akin.
03:11Nakasama niya yung asawa niya, nanood siya yung pelikula ni Ann Curtis.
03:15E, wala akong maisip na ibang pangalan ng artista.
03:17Kaya yun yung nabanggit kong pangalan at nagamit sa analogy.
03:22Like what I said, that analogy was a purely non-malicious statement which was used to drive a point.
03:33Having heard all of the criticisms, hanggang ngayon po pinapanindigan niyo na tama yung analogy po ninyo?
03:41Well, maaari ang sinasabi ko, yung analogy, kailangan kong gawin to drive a point.
03:48Kagaya nga ng sinasabi ko rin, it may have been in bad taste dahil may mga sensitivities tayong tinamaan.
03:56Kaya nga ay pinapaliwanag natin, that was not the intention when the analogy was made.
04:01Ang gusto ko lang ipunto, statements sometimes are taken out of context and different conclusions from that which the person
04:11who made it, kagaya ko.
04:17Yung intention ko was not malicious, pagbigay ng statement.
04:21Pero yung mga iba, nag-fill in the blanks in order to arrive to the conclusion that they want to
04:30hear.
04:30Mm-hmm. Nalabanggit niyo po, possibly in bad taste yung inyong sinabi at may mga grupo na nagsasabing dapat mag
04:35-apologize kayo.
04:36Kayo po ba hihingi ng paumanhin?
04:41Well, di ba, kagaya nagsinabi ko kanina, Rafi, para dun sa mga tao who found it in bad taste, na
04:47maling analogy,
04:48kay Ms. Ann Curtis, tayo nag-apologize.
04:51But ang inuulit ko nga, that analogy, the statement, was not a malicious statement, was not intended to be malicious.
05:01Siyempre, gusto ko lang ipakita that sometimes statements can be taken out of context.
05:07Alam mo, nakakalungkot nga, Rafi, eh.
05:09Dahil, ah, yung unang manifestation ko nung umaga, I wanted, ah, may manifestation ako that, ah, I hope that the
05:19members of the committee should not only appear in parcel but be impartial.
05:23That we use the same standards nung dinispose namin yung impeachment complaint kay Presidente, yun din yung, the same standards
05:31be used for the Vice President.
05:33Ayun yung pakiusap ko. Sadly, hindi yun yung pinikap ng media, ang pinikap yung unkirtish na statement.
05:40Ang nakakalungkot, ang dami-daming problema ng ating bansa.
05:45Oo, medyo, marami po kasi nag-react doon sa inyong mga, marami po kasi nag-react doon sa inyong mga
05:50sinabi at hindi naman po pwedeng ignore ng media yung fact na yun.
05:54Open po ba kayong sumailalim sa gender sensitivity training tulad ng mungkahi ni Representative Percy Sandania?
06:01Alam mo, alam mo, kagaya yun ang sinabi ko, that statement was purely taken out of context.
06:08Ang kailangan tignan, yung kabuuan, na-disposition ko, ang mga panukalang na-i-file ko, at ang mga aksyon ko.
06:17Yun ang kailangan tignan.
06:19May mga akusasyon din po na tinagtatanggol niyo daw po ang BC.
06:22Nabanggit niyo nga dapat maging patas ang lahat at maging impartial.
06:26Pero may mga gano'ng akusasyon po, nasa inyong pagkakataon kung inyong tutugunan niyo.
06:32Well, alam niyo, kung napanood niyo yung impeachment complaint against the President,
06:38I also gave the same observation to defend the President.
06:41In fact, I voted that the impeachment complaint against the President was not sufficient in substance.
06:50Panghuli na lamang po, baka may mensahe po kayo.
06:52So, ayon just, ang pagvoto natin at mga statement is based on appreciation natin dun sa complaint which was filed.
07:00Okay, baka may mensahe po kayo sa mga nag-react dun sa inyong pang sinabi.
07:04At siguro kaya, unkurtis mismo.
07:05Ano sa inyong pagkakataon?
07:09O, kagaya lang binanggit ko, of course, that analogy, the statement, was not meant to be malicious.
07:17But if it was taken out of context, if it hurt o nakasakit ito ng sensitivity,
07:23especially ni Ms. Ann Curtis, tayo'y nag-a-apologize niyan.
07:26At siyempre, sa mga kababaihan in general.
07:28But, as I mentioned, it was not intended to be a malicious statement.
07:34At it was just an analogy that I intended to drive a point.
07:39Maraming salamat po sa oras na binahagi niyo sa Balitang Halit.
07:41At nilirespeto natin, siyempre, ang mga kababaihan.
07:45Okay, salamat po.
07:46Okay, maraming salamat po.
07:47Yan po si Keso City 4 District Representative Bong Suntay.
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