Press Release December 12, 2013 Transcript of Interview of Senator TG Guingona STG: Yung Napoles hearing will be resuming next year on some hearings on policy and then most likely we will be continuing with the Napoles into the Malampaya hearing. Q: Itutuloy ba ang pagpapatawag sa asawa ni Napoles? STG: We are still consulting with other senators on that matter. Q: Mga staff ng ibang senador? STG: We are still consulting on that. Q: Tungkol sa suggestion ni Sen. Chiz na ifocus sa remaining NGO's STG: Puwede iyon after the Malampaya. Q: Kung policy, sinu-sino yung mga affected? STG: Yung mga like for example , registration of NGO's. We would look on SEC, Cooperative Development Authority and the other entities registered NGO's . The other will be ano ang papalit sa PDAF like yung BUB and the possibly institutionalization of calamity (fund). Q: Meron ba kayong nakikitang dapat (inaudible) sa hearing na di dapat gamitin ng senador para (inaudible ) para sa kapwa senador? STG: We have to be factual. What is important is that we are all factual whatever we say. Q: Will you remind them na dapat factual lang? STG: Yes, dapat factual lang. Q: On sex for flight hearing. May committee report na ba? STG: No, we are still on hold because we are waiting for certain developments . Q: (inaudible) STG: Actually, yes. That was overtaken by the Napoles investigation. In the last hearing there was a motion to call, I can't remember the name of the ASec. There was an ASec. Which was requested to appear. Q: Bago simulan ang Malampaya , maglalabas ba kayo ng committee report on PDAF? STG: Tuloy-tuloy iyon. Konektado naman sapagkat nababanggit din si Napoles sa Malampaya. Q: No need to call Napoles? STG: We will see. Q: Reason ng bangayan nila Roxas at Romualdez. STG: Hindi ko pa nakita yung video so I will not like to comment on that. Q: Pero dapat ba hingan muna ng letter? STG: Pero whatever it is, I think yung video kailangan muna mapanood ang buong video . it should be taken into that context. With that, I wouldn't like to comment kasi di ko pa nakita ang video. Q: Kailangan pa po ba ng approval bago... A: I will check into that. I don't know the answer to that. Q: Do you agree with the convening of the ethics committee just to tackle the complaint of senator Santiago? A: No it should be convened. Because that's a regular committee of the senate. That should be convened. Q: Sir pag inoffer sayo ang chairmanship ng committee tatanggapin mo? A: Me blue ribbon na tayo e (laughs). Dapat sa iba na. Q: Junior Senator daw dapat. Neophyte. A: Anybody will do actually. It's really up to the senate as a body to decide on who should take over. Q: Kung kayo tatanungin pwede ba yung mga baguhan? A: bakit hindi. Q: Until when dapat na malagyan ng committee chairman yung ethics? A: By next year dapat ma-organize na iyan. Q: You won't see it as being divisive yung ethics committee lt looking into the complaint of sen Santiago? A: The ethics committee is there for that reason, for complaints against peers, so it has to be organized and it has to hear whatever complaints there are from whatever party. Q: Sir si Sen Sotto daw gusto maging chairman. A: The one that would decide would be the senate as a body... Sino yung members, sino ang chairman... Q: So pwedeng hindi galling sa majority? A: I would not like to... like I said siguro yung senate talaga ang dapat mag-decide. Q: Do you agree with the contention of senator enrile that senator Miriam went overboard during the questioning in the blue ribbon? A: well that's very subjective and each senator has their own opinion. Q; sa assessment nyo sir, do you think she went overboard? A: Well it served the purpose lalo na in asking Napoles to come out with the truth. Although she was not successful, it served the purpose. Q: sa Malampaya ano naman ang objectives? A: The same goals again, but sa malampaya kasi, the way I see it, is more on local governments and the use of the funds of the DAR. Q: Sir sa electricity hike, sinabi ni senator escudero na it could be raised through the TRO, pwede daw mapigil ang meralco, what's your comment on that? A: Andiyan na iyan sa ERC, and that's what the ERC is there for. Dapat dun iyan i-address sa Energy Regulatory Commission. Q: Not to the Supreme court anymore? A: I don't think there's a need. Q: (.....) the most noisy.. A: All Senators naman have opinions on various issues and their all entitled to that. Each senator has spoken on various issues. Each senator has the right, and anyone under a democratic country has the right to speak. Q: On GMA A: I'd rather have the authorities in charge of her decide on that matter. |
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