00:00Good morning everyone.
00:02I am already received the warrant of arrest issued against me by the 5th Division of the Sandigan Bayan.
00:12I will remain firmly with the majority bloc under the leadership of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano.
00:25Hindi ako matitinag sa anumang panggigipit, pananakot, political maneuvering para talikuran ang aking paninindigan.
00:37I will not yield to threats. I will not be intimidated. I will not be pressured into surrendering my independence
00:48of judgment.
00:49I am giving instructions to the Senate Secretary to put on hold my salary.
01:00Personal kumpasya ito upang ipakita sa sambayan ng Pilipino na wala akong intensyon makinabang sa pondo ng bayan habang nililinis
01:10ko ang aking pangalan.
01:12At higit sa lahat, hindi ako papas sa ilalim ng kustodya ng Senado.
01:19I will not seek Senate custody.
01:23Hindi ko gagamitin ang Senado bilang panangga laban sa mga aligasyon sa akin.
01:30Nakahanda akong ipagtanggol ang aking sarili sa hukuman at hindi ako magtatago sa likod ng institusyon ito upang umiwas sa
01:40proseso.
01:43Ipagtatanggol ko hanggang suhuli ang aking sarili para patunayan na walang batayan ang mga paratang sa akin.
01:53Kalukuhan ang lahat na ito.
01:56Mismo ang Senate Legislative Budget Research and Monitoring Office o LBRMO
02:02Ang nagsabi sa ombudsman na wala silang anuman dokumento o record na nagpapakita na ako ay nagpasok ng anuman insertion
02:12sa 2025 national budget.
02:15Ang mahalagang impromosyon nito ay kinilala pa mismo ni dating Senate Blue Ribbon Chairman Sen. Panfilo Lacson
02:23bilang isang makabuluhang ebidensya na sumasalungat sa mga aligasyon binabato laban sa akin.
02:32So how can the office of the embudsman file a plunder case against me when I am not even alleged
02:39to be part of
02:40or the mastermind of the supposed scheme?
02:44Wala po akong kinalaman dyan.
02:49Ngayon ko lang po isa sa publiko ito.
02:52Maraming beses po ako inalok na talikuran ang independent majority block kapalit ang pagbabasura sa aking kaso.
03:03Ngunit, hindi ko po ito tinanggap.
03:06Mas nanaig ang paninindigan ko na ako'y manatili sa hanay ng mga kasamahan ko sa independent majority block.
03:20I stand my ground.
03:24Ngayon ko taturin ninyo kung sino sila, abangan ninyo ang susunod na kabanata.
03:29I stand my ground because what is at stake here goes far beyond my personal circumstances.
03:37What is at stake here is the independence of the Senate.
03:42This institution must never become vulnerable to external pressure.
03:47It must remain free from political coercion, free from undue influence,
03:54and free from any scheme designed to weaken its constitutional role as a co-equal and independent branch of government.
04:05If this is the price I must pay for the decisions I have made and the principles I have chosen
04:11to uphold,
04:12then I am prepared to face the consequences, however difficult they may be, especially for my family.
04:22I will not be broken by accusations, nor will I yield to political pressure.
04:27I will meet these charges head-on, defend my honor through due process, and place my faith in the truth.
04:35I will be proceeding now to the CIDG to voluntarily surrender myself.
04:42Marami salamat po.
04:51Marami salamat po.
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