Interview with Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano

Sen. Alan : Hindi naman kailangan na personal na mag-appear si Speaker De Venecia. Ang importante, mapasok sa records ang testimony ni Mr. De Venecia. Ang tanong sa atin, gusto ba natin ng hilaw o gusto ba natin ng pulido na report? Ang testimony ni JDV ay essential sa report na ito. At ang puno't dulo nito ay ang overpricing. At meron mga evidence na sinubmit ni Mr. Bondoc at pwede isubmit ng mga TELCO. Kung nagmotion si Senator Escudero na pwede maghearing at pwede bigyan ng authority ang isang senator. So un ang suggestion ko kay Senator Gordon, kausapin ang majority, sino sa kanila sa mga oposisyon. Tutal isang hearing lang, limang oras lang, kalahating araw lang, walang mawawala na kapag lumabas ung report, hindi kami mapagbibintangan na hindi namin tinapos. Remember, hindi ito bagong suggestion. Kung ako matanggal bilang chairman ng blue ribbon, ina-announce ko na un na magkakaroon ng isang hearing.

Sen. Alan : If Speaker de Venecia does not want to appear personally, nagsalita na siya sa justice committee ng house. All we have to do is write the committee on justice and get the official transcript kasi under oath naman ito. And then padalhan naman ang Malacanang ang kopya to give them a right to reply. Pag hindi sila nagreply, okey lang. Pag nagreply sila, isama din sa record un, and then pag naglabas ng report ang blue ribbon committee, hindi natin masasabi na bitin. More than the statement of Speaker de Venecia is the pricing issue. Kahit na ako ung chairman ay finofollow-up ko, kaya nga nagkaroon ng sariling technical working group na panay TELCO lang ang andyan. Ang binabanggit ko na ebidensya - nagsubmit si Ms. Jarius Bondoc ng quote ng isang taga-Israel na supplier ng wi-max equipment at makikita dito na napakababa compared sa kwenta ng ZTE. It's not a matter of do you have enough evidence. It's a matter of strengthening. May nakita ka na ba na prosecutor sa korte na nagsasabi na sapat na ba ang ebidensya na ito? Syempre lahat ng prosecutor sasabihin na dagdagan pa natin ito kasi mas maraming ebidensya, masa maganda para sa atin.

Sen. Alan :It's trying up what we have started na but without that, medyo we are leaving out some essential parts of the investigation. Like ung sa telco na... eye witness si Speaker de Venecia pero un ay public knowledge na. It's a matter of gusto ba natin na sabihin ng korte.. The assurance is that even if he does not personally appear, we can already get the record from the justice committee and its on record. But as I emphasize, as important, is that the telcos have promised to give us a costing and Mr. Jarius Bondoc has given us a document about an Israeli supplier that wrote the ZTE about pricing. At ung presyo nila mas mababa dun sa labas. Kung ang puno't dulo ng investigation ng ZTE ay may overpricing ba o hindi, why close the investigation and leave out the most important evidence that is essential for the committee report. Tinapos na ang mahabang paragraph, bakit hindi lagyan ng period?

Sen. Alan: I am appealing to the senators even in the majority. I am hoping that we will have more members who will help us complete the investigation rather than ung nangyari sa fertilizer na shortcut. It's such a disappointment sa fertilizer na sasabihing tapos na, but puno pa ng evidence. At remember sa fertilizer, 728 million pa ang ping-uusapan. Ang naimbestigahan lang 209 million. Sa 728, 2.8 billion pa. So kung makikita mo, ni walang 10% ang inimbestigahan. Our point is not that palpak ang investigation. Maganda ang ginawa ni senator Gordon, magaling ang ginagawa ng committee, bakit itinigil? Kung ganito ang gagawin natin sa ZTE ay hindi gagawin, ay para mong sinabotahe ang sarili mong imbestigasyon.

The chairman can call anytime.

Q: JDV POLLUTED

Sen. Alan : Why make that judgment that JDV is a polluted source? He's an eye witness that's why you test the credibility of the witness unless parang fertilizer ito na are we targeting here to defend the truth. I'm not saying here na 100% ng sinasabi ni JDV ay tama, it's the truth will be found in the details.

On Senator Villar a billion statatement

Sen. Alan: I don't think Senator Villar's comment was intended to put down those who don't have money personally, that's a very frank assessment that some candidates already have money already at saan nila kinukuha ang pera? Senator Villar does not discount that people donate. He's not saying na kapag wala kang pera, hindi ka pwede magkandidato, bakit si Barack Obama? He outspent Mccain. He's just saying na reality sa politics. Kung wala ka pangkampanya, mahihirapan ka mangapanya o manalo. Ang sumisira sa kandidato ang tumatanggap kung-saan saan then may interest pa. I agree with you that it may sound arrogant but that wasn't the intention.