Press Release
June 17, 2009

Raw Transcript Press Briefing Sen Rodolfo G Biazon - After Nancy Gadian Visit at his Office

I asked a copy of the court of appeals decision on the writ of amparo decision filed by the sc, if I will be allowed to read the decision - wherefore the court finds and directs that petitioner has established by substantial evidence that there is threat to life, liberty and security to the aggrieved party lt nancy gadian, and thus she is entitled to the benefits of a protection order... The sec of national defense is hereby directed to extend the protection to the aggrieved party by adopting necessary measures and employing such personnel to ensure no impairment of the right of the aggrieved party to life, liberty and security...

Simply put, the respondent - the personnel of the defense dept is not charged with the accusation of it being the source of the threat... the nancy gadian case has two aspects - the aspect of the threat of her life, threat and security to gadian and possible embezzlement of balikatan funds raised by nancy gadian

This court order is focused on the issue of the threat to life, liberty and security of nancy, and it has not established from which direction the threat is coming, and based on the ruling, it seems that is does not come from the AFP as proven by the directive of the court which mandated no less than sec teodoro to provide the protection for nancy gadian in so far as her fear as threats to her life liberty and security is concerned.

One thing that may come into play, is that Nancy gadian pending the approval of her resignation is still under the jurisdiction of the military and if sec teodoro is mandated to take necessary measures in the deployment of personnel to protect her, then sec teodoro may put her in protective custody, that is a possibility.

Sr, Mananzan came to me the other day, last Monday...before the order of the court came out... I think they may have heard I was offering my good services to provide security to nancy Gadian, I am concerned with settling the issue so that Nancy gadian and her family will lead a stable life, I am worried about that, I am also concerned with the possibility that the embezzlement issue she raised against some personnel of the AFP may have basis, but that is still subject to an investigation, and if there are, anyone proven guilty should be punished in order to clear the names of those who are innocent in the asp, ngayon ang nangyayari pati yun mga lumalaban sa bundok nasasabit na sa usaping ito..this should not drag those who are continuing to provide service to this country

I have adviced sr mananzan to discuss with sec teodoro, if the sec will agree to sr mananzan 's offer of protection, I do not think sec teodoro will put the whole afp on the line. I think he is going to do everything to follow the orders of the court which is to protect, the life liberty of nancy

Before I was offering to make the arrangement for the security of nancy so that she could come out and help in the settling of this issue, eh ngayon no less than the court has ordred sec teodoro , so let it be that sec teodoro be the only one responsible for nancy's life liberty and security.

If there are any real threats to nancy gadian it must come from the direction from those affected by her revelations. I am confident the sec teodoro can put together a security measure to insure the protection of nancy, bec it will be a very heavy responsibility on the part of sec teodoro not to follow the order of the court.

Q. Senate hearings? A.This had been referred to the blue ribbon committee with the defense committee as secondary referral. I will go by the schedule of the hearing...

I proposed two lines of action to sr mananzan one, is they should go to court and file a motion for reconsideration to amend the provisions that mandates the sec of defense to provide the necessary

security..second, she can talk to sec teodoro and come up with an agreement because the primary responsible individual here is sec teodoro

Nancy is still under military jurisdiction and there are still administration issues to be settled through the efficiency separation board - the issue of the approval of nancy's resignation, the issue of clearances for money accountability, for property accountability before she can be retired or resigned and of course the issue of the embezzlement.

If a petition is filed in court questioning sec teodoro's custody, maybe, just maybe the court may grant another agency of government to be charged with the protection like NBI, police, than DND.

I am very sure the DND and AFP will do everything to ensure her safety and resolutions of the issues.

When they made an arrangement for the meeting today last Monday, I offered that (security) and they said they can take care of themselves.

I will not make speculative statements on her accusations on certain personalities, these are still subject to investigation. She was cleared by the internal auditor of the so called P2.7 M expenditure except for a measely P2,500

Sa findings, na establish may threat pero hindi inestablish kung saan nanggagaling ang threat...

Nancy Gadian specifically the religious group providing the present protection is doubting the DND not Sec Teodoro of being given that protection. Previously before the issuance of the order of the court, they sought my intervention, but now the order of the court is very clear, sec teodoro is responsible for protecting nancy 's life, liberty and property.

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