00:00that we set the tone.
00:02I am telling you, you cannot shake your head
00:04when I am telling you how I feel.
00:07You can tell me that wasn't your intention,
00:10but I feel like you were telling my 38-year-old self
00:17that I'm going to go to sports with my kids
00:21because they're going to see their shoes.
00:24And when I'm hurt, as I have,
00:30are you familiar with the plight of Filipino athletes
00:34when it comes to the financial need to compete?
00:37Yes, I'm more or less familiar, Your Honor.
00:39And you do understand that a Filipino world-class athlete
00:44is not created overnight?
00:47Yes, Your Honor.
00:50It's an expensive endeavor,
00:51and they deserve all of the support that they can get, Your Honor.
00:55I have no quarrel about that, Your Honor.
00:58Thank you. Marami salamat.
00:59So, ito na ang crooks ng question ko.
01:01Is it the prosecution's intention
01:05to make a parent relinquish their parental duty
01:12in terms of rearing their child in the way,
01:15in the manner they feel is the best
01:16to promote character, leadership, teamwork,
01:23just because one of the parent becomes a public official?
01:29That's not our point, Your Honor.
01:31The point is, Your Honor,
01:32our laws specifically states the appropriate manner
01:37a public official is supposed to conduct himself or herself.
01:41Yes, and I heard that, sir.
01:44And that's what we're raising here, Your Honor.
01:47Yes, sir. Thank you.
01:48We have no quarrel about a parent supporting a child's inclination for sports.
01:55Thank you, sir.
01:56And to help sports development.
01:59So, kung ang isang public official ay yung sport ng anak niya
02:03is basketball or volleyball or football,
02:07kailangan nang ibili niyang sapato sa anak niya
02:10ay yung walang brand.
02:11Di po.
02:11Kasi otherwise, siya na itinuturing na living beyond their means
02:15and in an ostentatious manner.
02:18And assuming you will say,
02:20hindi yung anak niya pwede niyang ibili.
02:21Pero alam niya na yung ibang teammates
02:24baka medyo kapos-kapos.
02:25Pero pwede namang middle class yan.
02:27Pero hindi na tayo mag-Q&A, no?
02:29Pero you could be earning a 100,000
02:31and have three kids.
02:32Kaya ako nga tinatanong,
02:33kasi may mga teammates yung mga,
02:35yung pampamangkin ko na tatlo yung anak.
02:39Sabi ko, tatlong magkakapatid.
02:42Tatlong sapatos ng tag-11,000, 33,000 na yun.
02:45So, kung may parent natutulong,
02:47ang point ko, Mr.
02:49Dear Prosecution Panel,
02:55and you already answered the question,
02:57so I will not ask you again.
02:59Baka naman kampihan ka pa ng defense
03:01at sabihin, asked and answered na.
03:03I will just make my point.
03:07You seem to want to give the impression
03:10that I, as a parent,
03:13my daughters were nine and six
03:18when I became a senator.
03:24If this happened then,
03:27you would impress upon me
03:29as a law-abiding citizen
03:32that I should not
03:33put my kids in sports
03:35because mapupuna ako.
03:37You are shaking your head,
03:38but that is exactly
03:39what you were making it appear,
03:41Mr. President.
03:43And
03:44I need all of us here
03:46to understand
03:48that we set the tone.
03:50I am telling you,
03:51you cannot shake your head
03:52when I am telling you
03:54how I feel.
03:55You can tell me
03:56that wasn't your intention,
03:57but I feel
03:59like you were telling
04:00my 38-year-old self
04:05that nakakahiya pala
04:07pagka ipasok ko sa sports
04:08yung mga anak ko
04:09dahil yung sapatos nila
04:11ipapansinin
04:12at pag nagmalasakit ako
04:14as I have.
04:18Those daughters of mine
04:19went on to join the UP team,
04:21scholar ng bayan,
04:22very proud.
04:24Marami ho silang
04:26teammates
04:26na binalhan ko rin
04:28ng sapatos.
04:31At
04:31in a range ko,
04:32by the way,
04:33di na ho ako
04:34nag-abalang tumayo
04:35nung isang araw,
04:36nag-China din po ako.
04:39Sponsored po.
04:41Parang hindi nyo nakalkalin.
04:42Sponsored.
04:43At nag-Japan din ako.
04:45Sponsored din ng Japan.
04:48Dala ko ang
04:49UP football team
04:50para maka-experience sila dun.
04:55So the way you are
04:56presenting it,
04:57you are telling
04:57law-abiding
04:58citizens like me,
05:00mothers
05:01nagmamalasakit like me,
05:02wag ka nang magabala.
05:06Hayaan mo na lang
05:07yung mga atlet na yan.
05:08Because that is the message
05:09that you are sending,
05:10Mr. President.
05:11And I will end with this.
05:13Are there any of my
05:14colleagues here
05:15na binilan lang
05:16kahit anong gamit
05:17ang mga atleta?
05:19Si Joel.
05:20Diyos ko.
05:21Si Joel is a
05:22basketball lover.
05:24Pero pati volleyball,
05:25inangkin na niya.
05:27Lahat na lang.
05:28Si Senator Miggs.
05:30Hindi lang yung
05:31Arnist team.
05:32Lahat nang lumalapit.
05:33So I am so sorry,
05:35my dear colleagues.
05:37This time naman,
05:38ate into our
05:39eating time lang naman eh.
05:40So pasensya na.
05:41Madaliin na lang natin
05:42or I will request
05:43the Senate President
05:44for 11 more minutes
05:45of time
05:46dahil I took your time
05:47and I apologize.
05:49I apologize.
05:51But we set the tone.
05:59It is our choice
06:00what kind of questions
06:02we ask.
06:03It is our choice
06:05to know where to stop.
06:08Why would you ask
06:09where the student studies?
06:14I wouldn't want you
06:15to know
06:16if I had a small child
06:17where my child studies.
06:18I wouldn't want
06:19the whole world to know.
06:20You see how
06:21vicious people are
06:22on social media?
06:24And you ask
06:25those kind of questions?
06:27Yun lang po.
06:28And I apologize,
06:29dear colleagues.
06:30I apologize
06:31for being a bit
06:32emotional about this.
06:33But sports will save us.
06:36Alex Ayala,
06:38Kaloy Yulo,
06:39EJ O'Biena,
06:40lahat yan
06:41nangailangan ng suporta.
06:42And if people like us
06:44who have the means to help
06:45will be embarrassed to help
06:47dahil sasabihin nyo na lang
06:49na huwag namin gawin yun
06:50dahil pupunahin nyo lang kami,
06:53eh paano na tayo?
06:54Kaya salamat
06:55na nag-abala ka.
06:57One year of friendship
06:58at nag-abala kang
06:59to come here
07:00knowing how
07:01there have been many times
07:03at hindi tayo nagpakita
07:04ng respeto
07:05sa mga witness.
07:06Thank you,
07:07Mr. Chan,
07:08for your strength and courage.
07:09Thank you rin po.
