00:00The congressional approval is needed based on the answer to the question of Senator Ontivero.
00:06So has it been communicated to both houses?
00:11I think a letter was submitted to the committee chairs, but it was a break.
00:20Because we were willing to go on special session.
00:24May we know, number one, no GAA funds needed.
00:28It's with PNOC and all it needed was congressional approval.
00:33And bicameral, ang dali naman. Isa lang na araw yan.
00:38May I know, kailan po binigay ng DOE sa Senado?
00:43Kailan natanggap yung sulat?
00:47Kailan binigay sa atensyon ng leadership at ng chair ng komite?
00:52May we know?
00:53I mean, this is what I mean. We act with urgency.
00:56See, it's not a matter of walang pondo.
00:59May pondo, it came from DOE's information, congressional approval.
01:05So it doesn't take too much if it's an urgent matter.
01:09We were able to pass the excise tax.
01:11And to be fair to the chair, kaagad nagtrabaho at napasa po namin.
01:15So kailan po ito?
01:19Yeah, PNOC is here, Mr. Chair.
01:22Initially, itong first two cargos actually, mayroong releasable fund ba si PNOC?
01:30That's why we bought the first cargo.
01:33And then there's a second cargo coming in.
01:35Ito po tinatanong yung ilang cargo.
01:38So simple question.
01:39If the DOE says that all it needs is congressional approval and the PNOC has the funds,
01:47and you said that the letters were sent because it is important that the people know
01:53that letters are not sitting in the Senate without action,
01:58we would know if there is a letter that is deemed urgent.
02:04Kasi wala ang inyong DOE secretary eh.
02:07Wala dito eh.
02:08And nandito siya last week.
02:10Sinabi ba niya sa chairman ng energy?
02:13Sinabi ba niya sa leadership sa Senado?
02:16Wala.
02:17Ang kanyang linalabi yung biofuel.
02:21Sinabi ba yan?
02:22Because this is so urgent.
02:24It did not come from us.
02:25It came from the DOE.
02:27May I just know the date?
02:29Sir, I know you're a technical person and you seem very knowledgeable.
02:33I just need to know, it's an admin matter.
02:37Can we kindly put on record, after this presentation, Mr. Chair, just bear with me,
02:41so that hindi ang itsura nakapending sa Senado,
02:45tapos sasabihin niyo, kasi po nag-break, excuse me,
02:49hindi po nag-break ang Senado na hindi ina-actionan ang hinihiling ng executive.
02:54Div.
02:55Dalawa ang inyong hiningi.
02:57Excise tax.
02:58Napasa namin.
02:59At sabihin niyo on the record, kailan niyo ma-implement yan.
03:02At ang gulo ninyo.
03:04Sinabi niyo, excise tax.
03:07Kailangan urgent.
03:08Nung napasa namin, sinabi, we will see.
03:11Yan.
03:11Galing sa inyo yan ha.
03:12Kung gagamitin.
03:14Tapos, the next day, o sige na nga.
03:16Ano ba?
03:17Ano ba?
03:18Kailangan ba?
03:19Hindi.
03:20It was deemed urgent.
03:21Napasa.
03:22Tapos, pagkapasa namin, we will see.
03:24I'm quoting the executive.
03:26Nang galing sa inyo yan.
03:27Tapos ngayon, gagawin na.
03:29And cite the impact.
03:31Mararamdaman pa.
03:32Yun ang sabi ng Chair noon ni Seno Tropia.
03:34Ano ang ramdam sa pagbaba o pagkaltas ng excise tax?
03:39Yung biofuel, maraming concern sa mga coconut and sugar farmers.
03:45Pero itong sinabi niyong low-hanging fruit, congressional approval.
03:49Tapos, nagsabi po kayo, sir, with all due respect, kasi po nag-break.
03:53Hindi po magandang pakinggan yan.
03:55Hindi po mag-break ang Senado kung sinabi niyong kailangan ng congressional approval
04:01ang paggamit ng PNOC ng kanilang pondo.
04:05Pakilagay po sa record after your presentation and we give a chance to the others, Mr. Chair.
04:11Because it's important na hindi tinuturo sa atin na nag-break tayo
04:15kaya ang PNOC hindi makagamit ng kanyang pera.
04:18That's unfair.
04:19Eh, ang secretary nga ninyo, wala dito eh.
04:23Kung anong pamamulitik ang ginagawa na naman ng secretary nyo.
04:26Break tayo session pero tuloy-tuloy pa ho yung aming hearing.
04:30At kung kailangan po mag-convene, ready naman po magkaroon ng special session at any time.
04:36So, it's important. When did you give the letter, ha?
04:39Kasi, alam nyo, hindi pwedeng tinuturo-turo nyo kami.
04:43Hindi nyo pwedeng sinasabi, makinig kayo.
04:46Huwag kayo nagpapalusot dito, ha?
04:48Sinasabi nyo, ah, yung letter nasa inyo eh.
04:51Tapos nag-break kayo.
04:53Double jeopardy. Hindi pwede yun.
04:55Sorry, hindi po kami papayag nun.
04:58Kung alam po namin, hindi kami mag-break, tama po ang chair.
05:01Kina mo nga, mag-break.
05:02Gusto nyo, Holy Week, magtrabaho tayo dito eh.
05:04Darating lahat ng secretary.
05:07Burn the midnight candle.
05:09Walang labasan sa kwarto.
05:10Hanggang hindi nakita ang pagtulong sa atang tao.
05:14Pero huwag nyo sasabihin na nag-break kami.
05:16Kaya hindi napasa yung hiniling ng DOE na congressional approval.
05:23Hindi po, sir.
05:24Hindi nyo kasalanan yun.
05:25Kasi wala ang inyong sekretarya.
05:30I can't think of anything more important than this hearing convened by the chair.
05:39And if the other cabinet members are here,
05:42why could the most important department not be present?
05:49Thank you, Mr. Chair.
05:50May I reiterate, Secretary Yusek Fentabella,
05:56na kung pwede naman ipagpaliba muna ni Secretary Garin yung kanyang mga meetings,
06:03tingin ko hanggang mamaya pa tayo dito.
06:05After her malakanyang meeting, mas magandang pumunta ho siya dito.
06:10Pakisabi nalang ho sa kanya.
06:13Pinadala niya sa akin yung mga schedule niya.
06:17Tingin ko naman, mas mahalagang makuusap niya ngayon ang taong bayan
06:22para marinig sa kanya mismo kung ano yung kanyang mga plano
06:26kung sakaling mawala talaga tayo ng langis.
06:30Okay.
06:33Go ahead.
06:35Can you...
06:36Okay.
06:37Apologies to your honors.
06:39Just to clarify,
06:41when it was mentioned that a letter was sent,
06:44it was for a future action.
06:48But we commend definitely the action of the Congress on what we requested.
06:53Now, when we saw that there is a need for us to shift,
06:56that is a further action.
06:59Pero na-trigger na naman po yung dati nating ginawa.
07:03And secondly, on this one,
07:05may nakita lang po kami another improvement.
07:07That's why we immediately sent the letter.
07:08But that was just yesterday po.
07:10So it's definitely unfair for the Senate to be on the record na nakabreak.
07:18Pero apologies.
07:19But we certainly just want to place it on record
07:22that we are doing all this
07:24and immediately forwarding our observations to the Senate or to the House.
07:30Yung mga nasabi po ni Yusek Salis,
07:32yung mga iba po doon ay for future action,
07:36the trigger, even though we needed to shift,
07:40na-trigger na rin po naman siya.
07:42So, ang sinasabi lang po natin,
07:44paano po ba tayo ma-improve moving forward?
07:48And also, for the PNOC,
07:50there are funds available.
07:51But how do we improve further?
07:54Yun po, that's why we sent that letter yesterday.
07:56Just to set the record straight po.
07:58And definitely, the Secretary will be informed po of the Chair's message.
08:03Thank you very much po.
08:05Thank you so much to our dear friend Yusek Wimpy for clarifying that.
08:11It is important we put things on the proper perspective and accurate.
08:16Kasi, pag soundbite lang,
08:20kailangan congressional approval.
08:22Pangalawa, kasi nag-break.
08:24Ah, hindi pwede yun.
08:26Imposible naman namin hindi inaksyonan.
08:27Kahapon lang pala.
08:29Pero, we can take things into consideration
08:32if it's deemed urgent
08:33or can it wait until may as a chair has said,
08:36nag-hearing naman tayo.
08:37Kaya lang, ito po, Mr. Chair,
08:39may tanong kami ni Sen Kiko.
08:41Hindi namin makita.
08:42Binasa po ng DOE
08:44yung mga urgent contingency plan.
08:47Eh, ang pagkaintindi po namin,
08:50work from home at carpooling.
08:52So, ano ba ho ang top three
08:55na pinakamahalaga na ginawa ng DOE
08:59para maibsan ang pagtaas
09:01ng presyo ng petroleum products
09:04at matulungan lahat ng sektor?
09:07Kasi ang narinig namin,
09:08yung carpooling at saka yung work from home eh.
09:10Hindi naman po yun emergency situation lang.
09:15Marami pang ibang dapat na mararamdaman po ng tao.
09:18Hindi namin makita yung iba.
09:20So, the first ones that we definitely did
09:24was to coordinate closely with the DILG.
09:28Noong coordination po with the DILG
09:30and with Yusek Iringan,
09:31it brought about an online meeting
09:34last Wednesday
09:35with all the mayors,
09:37Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao,
09:39and some of the governors were present as well.
09:41These were to align
09:44yung mga roles
09:45and mga basis ng batas
09:47para ipatapad po natin yun.
09:49The other one is how to
09:53make sure that we have supply.
09:56So, aside from the
09:58private oil companies
10:01going about with their
10:02partners and suppliers
10:04on the
10:06contracts of where
10:08and when they will get
10:09their products,
10:11there is that
10:12added
10:14venue or channel
10:16wherein the PNOC
10:18or the government
10:18is also looking into
10:21additional suppliers
10:23just to make sure
10:24that we have
10:26the supplies
10:26needed.
10:27Kaya nga po,
10:28yung inventory natin,
10:30it's not
10:30breached.
10:31We have
10:32sufficient supplies
10:34and
10:35hindi pa rin tayo,
10:36we will not let
10:37our guards down.
10:38That's why we
10:39mentioned
10:39that aside from
10:41the existing
10:41money,
10:43we may need
10:44additional
10:44arsenal
10:46and additional
10:47options.
10:48But nonetheless,
10:48again,
10:49we apologize
10:49for that.
10:51We will be
10:52more circumspect
10:53in our statements.
10:54But
10:54it's definitely
10:57thanking
10:57the committee
10:58for holding
10:59this meeting
11:00because
11:00in our
11:01way forward,
11:02and that
11:03is the
11:04third one,
11:04because it's
11:05really supply
11:06on the ground
11:06and supply
11:07for the
11:08country.
11:08On our
11:09way forward,
11:10it is really
11:12imperative for us
11:13to pursue
11:14the transition.
11:15What makes
11:16the situation
11:18different from
11:201973
11:20is now
11:22we have
11:23electric
11:24cooking
11:25more available.
11:27now we
11:28have more
11:29renewable
11:30energy
11:31and
11:32indigenous
11:32sources
11:33that we
11:34just need
11:34to fast
11:35track.
11:36And
11:36sometimes
11:36we need
11:37more
11:38bold
11:39reforms
11:40so that
11:40we can
11:41have a
11:42faster
11:42way
11:43forward
11:43in
11:43having
11:44a
11:45more
11:45secure
11:46not only
11:46for
11:47energy
11:47but
11:47over
11:48our
11:48national
11:49security.
11:50So
11:50we
11:51commend
11:52the
11:52DMW
11:53and
11:53the
11:54DFA
11:54for
11:55their
11:55presentations.
11:56that
11:57our
11:57OFWs
11:58are
11:58thanking
12:00and
12:01thanking
12:03our
12:04energy
12:05behavior
12:05should
12:06support
12:07what
12:07the
12:07OFWs
12:08are
12:08doing.
12:08They
12:09are
12:09sending
12:09us
12:10dollars
12:10and
12:11yet
12:11we
12:12are
12:12sending
12:12out
12:13dollars
12:13because
12:14of
12:14our
12:14energy
12:14behavior.
12:15So
12:16we
12:16need
12:16to
12:17focus
12:18on
12:18the
12:19solutions
12:19previously
12:20given
12:20to
12:21us
12:21but
12:22there
12:22was
12:22a
12:23lot
12:23of
12:23things
12:24that
12:24happened
12:24that
12:25even
12:25included
12:26the
12:27downgrading
12:28of
12:28the
12:28Ministry
12:28of
12:29Energy
12:29to
12:29an
12:29office
12:30and
12:30then
12:30it
12:30was
12:31reborn
12:31to
12:31a
12:31department
12:32but
12:32still
12:33the
12:33march
12:33towards
12:34energy
12:34independence
12:35that
12:35is
12:35aligned
12:36with
12:36climate
12:36change
12:37we
12:39just need
12:40to
12:40move
12:41faster
12:41and
12:42this
12:42is
12:42an
12:42opportunity
12:43every
12:44challenge
12:45gives
12:45an
12:45opportunity
12:46so
12:46that's
12:46third
12:47that
12:49can say
13:14thank you
13:16very
13:16much
13:16thank you
13:27you
13:28you
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