00:00Sir, magandang tanghali po. Sir, on local issues po, sir.
00:03Sir, after the gun-related incident in the Senate and then there's the walkout of the minority bloc
00:11and the alleged another Senate coup as the President and former member of the upper chamber,
00:20how concerning is this, sir?
00:21Very. I watched with horror that this is the Senate, that the Senate has become this.
00:34I look at my other fellow senators, madalas kaming nagtitinginan ni E.S. Ralph,
00:43ganyan ba tayo nung senador tayo? Meron ba tayong ganyan na ginagawa? Hindi tayo ganyan.
00:48Paano nangyari? Yung Senado, hindi nakagaya nung panahon natin.
00:56Dahil, nagpe-personalan na eh. Naging personal. Ang babaw na ng usapan.
01:06Dahil, ang kwento ko nga, yun na nga, kwento na meron mga senador na pagka meron kami pinakausapan sa trabaho,
01:15hindi kami nag-agree talaga. At saka tatayo, mag-interpolate, at saka yung interpolation talagang mabigat,
01:22at saka well-studded and no-holds-barred interpolation.
01:27Pero after pag-upo namin, magkakapi naman kami, kakain kami ng magkasabay, hindi personal.
01:32It's about work. It's not about personalities.
01:35Eh, nagbago eh. Tapos, narating pa tayo sa putukan. Tapos, fake pala yung putukan.
01:44Tapos, hindi ko maintindihan.
01:48Walang, walang, walang nangyayaring kagayanan nung panahon ko sa Senado.
01:55Of course, the only basis for comparison that I have is the time that I was in the Senate.
02:02And I never imagined that the Senate would descend into this kind of what's happening right now.
02:14And then, I was watching the comments of former SP, another colleague of ours, Senator Frank Rilon.
02:27Sabi niya, paano nangyayari dito? The Senate is now sheltering fugitives from justice.
02:35How did that happen?
02:37I don't understand how a Senate is supposed to function.
02:41If that is, those are the kind of things that the Senate is embroiled in.
02:47I hope they figure it out soon. I really do.
02:50Thank you, Mr. President. The next question.
02:52You have a follow-up question?
02:53Yes, sir. Just one quick follow-up.
02:55Because, sir, there are also concerns na, because of the series of cases filed to some of the Senators
03:01that are part of the majority block, including Senator Aimee,
03:07she said that, well, maybe the majority 13 is being targeted.
03:13Are they?
03:13Is being?
03:14Targeted.
03:15Look, almost a year ago,
03:18ang sinabi ko sa taong bayan,
03:19kailangan malaman ng buong taong bayan ang katotohanan.
03:24At noong kami ay pinag-aaralan ng ombudsman,
03:28ng Department of Justice,
03:29lahat ng mga aligasyon na dumating dahil sa flood control,
03:33maraming nagsasabi, bakit wala pang nangyayari, bakit wala pang nangyayari,
03:37bakit ang tagal ninyo, namimili lang yata kayo kung sino yung i-trosecute ninyo.
03:43Ngayon, nandito na, at dadahan-dahan lumalabas na ang katotohanan.
03:48At dahan-dahan na, at ang pinakamaganda,
03:51kung talagang may kaso, kung sila ba naman,
03:53ay walang ginawang mali,
03:55ay lalabas naman yan sa pagsusuri ng paghusga.
03:59At kaya naman, eto na, eto na yung mga,
04:03ang hinihingi sa amin ng tao.
04:05Alamin nyo, ilabas ninyo lahat ng katotohanan.
04:08Eto ang kaping ngayong ginagawa.
04:10Hindi pa tapos ito.
04:12Patuloy pa ang investigasyon.
04:13Patuloy pa ang mga pag-imbestiga at pag-aaral
04:16at sa intelligence and information gathering
04:20tungkol sa mga iba't ibang aligasyon kung kanikanino pa.
04:26Hindi ko alam kung paano napunta na sinasabi na yung majority ngayon
04:33ang tinatarget.
04:35Dahil kung tutusin ninyo, hindi silang majority noon.
04:41So, that does not apply.
04:43It was because of the allegations that were made
04:46and the investigations that were conducted upon learning of those allegations
04:51against kung sino man.
04:54And kung ano man ang naging alignment sa Senado,
04:59walang kinalaman yun.
05:01Eto pa rin ang mga tao na numabas ang mga pangalan.
05:04Kung titignan ninyo,
05:10kung saan pinagbabasihan lahat itong mga ito
05:15ay doon sa testimonya sa Blue Ribbon Committee.
05:20Doon naman lumabas lahat ito.
05:23So, binigay ng Blue Ribbon Committee sa Ombudsman at DOJ
05:27ang mga findings nila.
05:30Eto ang naging resulta ngayon.
05:32So, it has nothing to do with the alignment.
05:36E kung magbago yan,
05:36the alignment is different again tomorrow.
05:39Hindi, I'm not saying it will be.
05:40But if the alignments are different again in terms of the majority,
05:44e paano mo sasabihin pag nagbago na naman yan?
05:47So, hindi walang kinalaman yung majority,
05:51minority sa Senado.
05:53Eto ang dahil sa resulta ng mga investigasyon
05:58ng Blue Ribbon Committee
06:00at ang tiba-tiba ang ayan sa nang pamahala.
06:03Thank you, Mr. President.
06:04The next question from Alexis Romero, Philippine Star.
06:11Good afternoon, Mr. President.
06:13As a former senator,
06:15what are your thoughts on the proposal
06:17to amend the Senate rules to allow online voting?
06:24All right.
06:26As a former senator,
06:27I suppose I'm reasonably qualified.
06:30I disagree with that.
06:32I understand that we had to do it in COVID
06:34because there was a health risk.
06:38But I do not see any particularly good reason
06:43for us to allow it now.
06:45It seems to only be applicable to Senator Bato
06:49para makaboto si Senator Bato
06:52dahil nagtatago siya.
06:54Now,
06:56for someone who is actually a fugitive from justice,
07:00na hinahanap ng police,
07:02na hinahanap ng Interpol,
07:04at may arrest warrant galing sa ICC,
07:08palagay ko,
07:09hindi siya dapat magbumoto
07:12hanggat dumating siya doon sa Senado.
07:15Kung he's willing to take the risk
07:17like he did the last time,
07:19ibang usapan yun.
07:21Masat nandyan siya.
07:23So,
07:23it has been the long-standing tradition of the Senate
07:27is that if that you are not physically present
07:30on the floor
07:31when a vote is taken
07:32that you cannot, in fact, vote.
07:35Again,
07:36COVID
07:36gave
07:38was
07:39gave
07:40us
07:40a different outlook
07:42in terms
07:43because it was concerned about
07:44we were concerned about
07:46health and safety
07:47at that point.
07:48We do not have those concerns now
07:50about health and safety.
07:52Okay.
07:53Follow up lang,
07:53Mr. President.
07:54You touched on it slightly na,
07:56but I will ask it anyway.
07:57There are notions
07:58that the electronic voting
08:00will enable Senators
08:01facing charges
08:02to evade accountability
08:03or even arrest.
08:04Do you share the same concern?
08:07I never really thought about it
08:09in those terms.
08:09Ang para sa akin is that
08:11simple lang ang question.
08:13Dapat bang bumoto ang Senador
08:14kung hindi siya sumipot?
08:17Sa akin palagay,
08:19hindi dapat.
08:20Kung talagang importante siya
08:21makaboto,
08:22dumating ko sa Senado.
08:30Hann Ji Pwangor,ôi
08:30and sirek feels like being
08:32yad up for chiunECK,
08:37You
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