I invited Gringo to Oakwood - Biazon willing to testify in court

I am thinking what is the reason for the warrant of arrest last February , which led to the arrest of Sen Honasan , I wonder if there is a thorough investigation of the case because as of now, I was not yet called to give an account. I should expect that my statement would be sought because Senator Sotto and myself were there..and this case sprung out of that event the so called Oakwood incident. I wonder what is the charge against Sen Honasan, is it rebellion, mutiny, coup d etat, sedition, insurrection? This has yet to be explained to the public.

I think my testimonies would be material since I was there in the early morning of that day and it was me, who called up Senator Honasan to help prevent a bloodshed among soldiers because when I saw what was happening in Makati that morning I decided to go there for one purpose alone to prevent bloodshed among soldiers..

On the way to Oakwood from home, the first person I called was Sen Drilon and told him I was going to Oakwood to prevent bloodshed..then I called Sen Angara, the Party President that the three of us belonged to, and I told Angara the same thing, THEN I CALLED UP SEN HONASAN AND SAID GREG I AM GOING TO OAKWOOD TO TRY TO PREVENT BLOODSHED, CAN YOU HELP BECAUSE IF WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO THESE BOYS THEY COULD BELIEVE US BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE WOULD BE CONVINCING IF WE ASK THEM TO PREVENT TAKING ACTIONS THAT WOULD LEAD TO BLOODSHED.

THEN HONASAN SAID, YES MANONG PONG I WILL JOIN YOU TO PREVENT BLOODSHED. OK I SAID I WILL MEET YOU AT THE INTERCON HOTEL AFTER 5 MINUTES HE CALLED ME BACK BECAUSE HE SAID SECRETARY LINA HAD MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE RADIO THAT I AM GOING TO BE ARRESTED.

SO HE DID NOT JOIN ME THE WHOLE DAY I WAS IN OAKWOOD EXCEPT ABOUT 5 PM AFTER I ASKED MALACANANG TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO PREVENT BLOODSHED AND HE CALLED ME AND SAID , MANONG PONG I AM HERE AT MANDARIN HOTEL I AM WITH MIKE DEFENSOR PMS VELASCO BUT HE SAID, I NEED TO BE ESCORTED BY THE MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER SEN SOTTO BECAUSE I AM AFRIAD IF I GO ALONE I MIGHT BE ARRESTED.

I SAID OK I WILL WAIT FOR YOU , THE FIRST TO ARRIVE WAS SEN SOTTO, I BRIEFED HIM ON THE SITUATION, THE HONASAN FOLLOWED, I BRIEFED HIM TOO AND TOGETHER WE WERE ABLE TO EFFECT A DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE GROUP OF TRILLANES MAGDALO AND ALL THE OTHER LEADERS THERE THAT IS WHY WE WENT UP.

YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IN THE TV CLIPS THAT WHEN WE WERE GOING UP, THERE WAS A DEPLOYMENT OF THE TWO OPPOSING SIDES AND THERE WAS A COCKING OF GUNS, THE VERY THING THAT GREG HONASAN AND I AND TITO SOTTO WANTED TO PREVENT AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT SENATOR HONASAN AND MYSELF JUMPED IN THE MIDDLE TO MOTION TO STOP THE TWO SIDES FROM FIGHTING EACH OTHER.

WE HAVE TO ANALYZE WHAT WAS THE SITUATION, WHAT DID THESE YOUNG OFFICERS WANT THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A MUTINY, COUP D ETAT, NO MENTION OF A REBELLION..ALL THESE YOUNG OFFICERS WERE ASKING WERE:

1. FOR SEC REYES TO RESIGN

2. FOR SEC EBDANE TO RESIGN

3. FOR GEN VICTOR CORPUS TO RESIGN

4. FOR THE CONDUCT OF INVESTIGATION OF BOMBING IN DAVAO

5. FOR THE CONDUCT OF INVESTIGATION RELATED TO THE PROCUREMENT OF COMBAT BOOTS AND INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE SOLDIERS YUN LANG ANG SINABI SA AMIN.

OF COURSE SEN SOTTO HONASAN AND I WERE NOT THE NEGOTIATORS, WE COULD NOT NEGOTIATE, WE WERE TOLD THAT GENERAL CIMATU WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEGOTIATOR, BUT THREE TIMES, THE GROUP OF TRILLANES REJECTED CIMATU, TILL I REMINDED THE GROUP THE DEADLINE OF 7PM WAS FAST APPROACHING AND IF THERE WERE NO RESULTS, THERE WOULD BE AN ASSAULT BY THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS.. THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THEY ALLOWED GEN CIMATU TO GO UP HOTEL AND WHEN GEN CIMATU JOINED THE GROUP, I BRIEFED HIM, AND SAID OUR WORK SEN SOTTO SEN HONASAN AND MYSELF WERE DONE..THEN WE LEFT..

THIS INFORMATION IS MATERIAL TO THE EVALUATION TO WHAT WAS REALLY TRANSPIRING, SENATOR HONASAN WAS THERE TO HELP PREVENT BLOODSHED AMONG SOLDIERS.

HONASAN WAS THERE TO HELP ME TO CONVINCE THE SOLDIERS NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER. I AM WILLING IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE TO RELATE TO ANYONE WHAT I KNOW. I WAS THE REASON WHY SENATORS SOTTO AND HONASAN WERE THERE.

TWO DAYS AFTER, SEC ERMITA CALLED ME TO THANK FOR OUR PRESENCE THERE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO AVERT AN INCIDENT OR BLOODSHED THAT WE WOULD ALL BE REGRETTING.

THE FOLLOWING DAY NO LESS THAN THE PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO CALLED ME AGAIN AND SAID THANK YOU FOR YOUR ROLE IN THE OAKWOOD INCIDENT THAT PREVENTED BLOODSHED AMONG SOLDIERS.