00:008,13 majority Senators
00:02ang naharap ngayon sa mga kaso,
00:04reklamo o investigasyon
00:05kaugnay sa iba't ibang issue.
00:07Kabilang sa kanila,
00:08si Sen. Rodante Marculeta
00:09na inereklamo ng plunder
00:10at indirect bribery kaugnay
00:12sa P75M na donation
00:15tinanggap niya noong 2025.
00:17Ang sagot niya ni Marculeta
00:19sa unang balita ni Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:24Dahil sa pagtanggap umano
00:26ng P75M
00:28mula sa tatlong donor
00:30noong January 2025,
00:32sinampan na reklamong plunder
00:34at indirect bribery
00:35si Sen. Rodante Marculeta
00:37sa Office of the Ombudsman.
00:39Batay raw ito sa mismong pag-amin niya
00:42sa investigasyon noon ng COMELEC.
00:44Humiling ang ombudsman
00:46sa sandingang bayan na
00:47maglabas ng precautionary
00:49whole departure order
00:50laban kay Marculeta.
00:52Gayun din kinadating
00:54Congressman Mike Defensor
00:55at mga negosyanteng sina
00:57Joseph Espiritu
00:58at Aristotel Viray.
01:00Sinusubukan pa namin
01:01makuha ang kanilang panig.
01:03Sa kanyang privilege speech,
01:05sinabi ni Marculeta
01:07na ang investigasyon
01:08ng ombudsman
01:09ay paraan para patahimikin
01:10siya umano
01:11tungkol sa anomalya
01:12sa flood control
01:14at sa nalalapit na
01:15impeachment trial
01:16ni Vice President
01:17Sarah Duterte.
01:18Just last week,
01:19I was stunned
01:20with the shadow
01:21of a complaint
01:21filed by the
01:23Field Investigation Bureau,
01:25Office of the Deputy
01:26Ombudsman for Luzon.
01:28The trump-up charges
01:29filed against me
01:30and some of my friends
01:31are not merely legal
01:33accusations.
01:34They form part
01:35of a deeper
01:36and more nefarious
01:37design
01:37to intimidate
01:39independent voices,
01:40to punish dissent,
01:42and to warn
01:43every senator
01:44that the price
01:46of asking hard questions
01:47could lead
01:48to personal
01:49damnation.
01:50If the intention
01:52of these cases
01:52is to silence me,
01:54let me say this
01:55at the very beginning.
01:58It has failed.
01:59I will not be silenced.
02:01Ayon sa Field Investigation Bureau
02:04ng Office of the Ombudsman,
02:06sa laki ng halagang
02:0775 million pesos,
02:09hindi raw ito
02:10maituturing na
02:11ordinaryong kagandahang loob,
02:12kundi korupsyon
02:14para makakuha ng pabor
02:15mula kay Marcoleta.
02:17Batay sa embestigasyon,
02:19hindi niya umano
02:19idiniklar ang halaga
02:20sa kanyang statement
02:22of assets,
02:22liabilities,
02:23and net worth
02:24para sa taong 2025.
02:26Sasagot daw si Marcoleta
02:28sa tamang forum.
02:30Nagpasaring din siya
02:31sa Ombudsman.
02:32Somebody said,
02:34sometimes you need
02:35to bend the law
02:37to be able
02:38to please the people.
02:40Am I right,
02:41Mr. Secretary Rimulya?
02:44Secretary Rimulya,
02:46then Secretary of Justice
02:47na Ombudsman,
02:48said loudly,
02:51yes sir.
02:52So pwede na nang baluktutin
02:54lahat,
02:55kagaya ng pambabaluktot
02:56na ginawa nila.
02:58Pero sinasabi ko,
03:00Madam President,
03:02they can imprison me,
03:04they can arrest me,
03:06but I tell them,
03:07they still will not win.
03:09Itaga nila yun sa Bato.
03:11Kasama si Marcoleta,
03:138 sa 13 majority senators
03:15ang naharap ngayon
03:16sa mga kaso,
03:18reklamo,
03:18o kaya'y embestigasyon.
03:20Sina Senador Bato de la Rosa
03:22at Bongo,
03:23kapwa tinukoy
03:24na co-perpetrators
03:25sa kaso ni dating
03:26Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte
03:28sa International Criminal Court.
03:30Si Senador Jesus Codero,
03:32naharap sa preliminary investigation
03:34para sa kasong plunder
03:36sa Office of the Ombudsman.
03:38Inirekomenda naman
03:39ang Department of Justice
03:41na sampahan ng plunder
03:42at graft charges
03:44si Senador Gingoy Estrada.
03:46Nire-review naman
03:47ng Sandingang Bayan
03:48ang rekomendasyon
03:49ng DOJ
03:50na sampahan
03:51ng kasong katiwalian
03:52si Senador Joel Villanueva.
03:54Hindi iuugnay
03:56ang tatlo
03:56sa isyo
03:57ng flood control projects.
03:59Ang magkapatid
04:00na si Senador Mark
04:01at Camille Villar
04:02kasama naman
04:03sa inaimbestigahan
04:04ng Department of Justice
04:05kaugnay
04:06sa umano
04:06yung market manipulation,
04:08insider trading
04:09at iba pa
04:10dahil sa ilang negosyo
04:12ng kanilang pamilya.
04:13Sa gita ng isyo
04:14ngayon sa Senado,
04:15binigyang diid
04:17Sen. President
04:17Alan Peter Cayetano
04:19na solid ang mayorya.
04:24Solid din daw
04:25ang labing isang
04:26miyembro ng minorya
04:28ayon kay Sen. Risa Ontiveros.
04:30Ang status mo pa rin,
04:32alam nyo naman,
04:33para magkaroon
04:36ng leadership change,
04:38tulad nung nangyari
04:39nung two weeks ago,
04:41kailangan ng majority
04:43number of members
04:44of the Senate.
04:45So,
04:46solid pa rin
04:47kaming labing isa
04:48sa minority.
04:49Sa ngayon,
04:51wala pa pong
04:51naidaragdag
04:52kaya kami sa minority
04:55ay nakatutok talaga
04:56dun sa,
04:58well,
04:59panunumbalik
05:00ng pagtingin
05:01ng ating mga kababayan
05:02sa atin,
05:03sa Senado,
05:05at pagpapatuloy
05:06ng mga trabaho namin.
05:08Isa sa maugong
05:09na pangalan
05:10na gusto raw
05:10ng minorya
05:11na maging
05:12Senate President
05:13kung sakali
05:14ay si Sen.
05:15Huwin Gatchalian.
05:16Kung maging
05:18Senate President
05:18si Sen.
05:19Sherwin,
05:20that would be good
05:21for the Senate.
05:22Magka-batch kami
05:23napakaseryosong
05:24legislator.
05:25Isa siya
05:26na pinahalagahan
05:27talaga
05:28yung dignidad
05:29at yung reputasyon
05:30ng Senado.
05:31Ito ang unang balita.
05:33Sandra Aguinaldo,
05:34GMA News.
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