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‘I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY, AND I WILL NOT GO ALONE’

Former House Speaker Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez vowed to "fully defend himself" from allegations of involvement in the flood control projects mess, which according to him was being turned into a "political demolition job".

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/04/21/palaban-na-romualdez-says-he-will-not-go-quietly-if-political-demolition-job-persists

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00:00For months, I chose silence because I believed in our legal system and in the rule of law.
00:05But my silence is now being exploited with politically engineered and fabricated narratives.
00:10What's even more disturbing, and this is something that cannot be ignored,
00:13is that there are emerging indications that certain sectors are attempting to weaponize individuals,
00:19including Zaldico, to construct a narrative that serves their own interests.
00:24So when the legal processes is being used against me as a political demolition job,
00:30then I will have no choice but to defend myself, and I will defend myself fully.
00:34I will not allow myself to be turned into the scapegoat so that others who are actually accountable can walk
00:41away clean.
00:42If this is a political play to push me out and close the story, tarnishing my name and my reputation,
00:48then I am telling everyone now, I will not go quietly and I will not go alone.
00:54I will not be the fall guy for other people's corruption.
00:57I have been in public life long enough, I have seen enough, I have heard enough.
01:03I know many things about this current administration and past administrations as well.
01:08And I say this carefully.
01:11If this matter is to be handled as a legal issue,
01:14then let it be handled legally, soberly, and according to evidence.
01:19But if certain people insist on waging this in the court of public opinion,
01:23then I will have no choice but to defend myself publicly as well.
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