00:00I cannot speak for our colleagues why they hesitate or even refuse to sign the partial report he allegedly disseminated
00:11to the members.
00:13But as for myself, Mr. President, I cannot sign a partial report.
00:23A partial report is basically unfinished. An unfinished report cannot be assumed to have contained the final and collective judgment
00:32of all the members.
00:33This is very basic, Mr. President. I delivered a privilege speech some time ago, Mr. President, outlining the reasons therefor.
00:43Number one, I was expecting the chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee to have conducted several hearings more.
00:53And in those hearings, he should have invited several persons whom I enumerated in my privilege speech.
01:01Namely, Yusek Adrian Bersameen, Yusek Jojo Cadiz, former Governor Luis Chávez Simpson,
01:24former Speaker Martin Romualdez, former Congressman Saldico by way of an apostilled sworn statement,
01:36because this is very, very possible, an apostilled sworn statement, Mr. President,
01:43as I have already advised the chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee is similar to a sworn statement
01:53notarized by the Philippine Consulate in any part of the world because this apostilled manner or method of subscription
02:07was already adopted by the Supreme Court in one of its resolutions, Mr. President.
02:13I also advocated that the 18 ex-soldiers be immediately be invited because they have so much to say
02:26because I thought he said, and he emphasized at some point, that wherever the evidence is,
02:37the BRSC will be led there too, Mr. President.
02:55Thank you, Mr. President.
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