Press Release
March 5, 2014

Transcript of interview of Senator TG Guingona

STG: Ang invited bukas ay si Mr. Cunanan at si Benhur Luy. Invited din, ofcourse si Sec. Leila de Lima. But those are the only ones, we would like to keep it focus on that issue.

Q: Sino po mag-lawyer kay Benhur Luy? STG: I have no idea. I have no information as to who will be the lawyer of Mr. Luy. Q: How about Cunanan? STG: Wala din akong information. Anyway, what's important for us is they'd be the ones to show up.

Q: Yung presence ni Luy para i-corroborate niya ang statement ni Cunanan? STG: Yes, para magkaroon ng pagkatugma-tugma or kung mayroon pagkalihis doon natin malalaman.

Q: Nagbigay na ba ng assurance sa inyo na talagang dadalo sila? STG: Mayroon assurance na dadating sila.

Q: May effect ba ang pagkaka-alis ni Baligod as lawyers ng mga whistleblowers? May effect ba ang pagpapalit ng abogado? STG: I don't think so. It does not matter.

Q: It is important bas a hearing tomorrow kung ano ang tunay na reason kung bakit tinanggal nila Luy si Baligod as lawyer nila? STG: I don't think that's important. What's important is what they say during the hearings. Yung pagpalit ng lawyer karapatan ng kliyente niya. Puwede niya palitan ang lawyer niya anytime.

Q: Sa panig ng mga senador na na-akusahan, may nagsabi na bas a inyo na dadalo sila? STG: Wala.

Q: Nagsabi si Senator Jinggoy na he feels na unfair ang treatment niya, magkakaroon po bang pagkakaiba sa hearing bukas. STG: Let's not talk about that kasi tapos na tayo diyan. We can assure you that ang lahat ng gagawin natin ay patas at may basehan.

Q: I-present ba tom ang CCTV footages bukas? STG: That was Sen. Jinggoy who requested that.Hindi. That will not be part of it tom. We are concentrating on Mr. Cunanan and Mr. Luy.

Q: Lumabas dawn g bansa si Ruby Tuason, wala nap o ba kayong kailangan i-clarify sa kanya? STG: Wala na kaming nakikita pang information na kailangan pa sa kanya.

Q: 9th hearing nap o tomorrow, mayroon nap o ba kayong nakikitang in terms of legislation. May nakuha nap o ba tayo? STG: Yes. Yung regulation ng mga NGO's that deal with government sapagakat walang tunay na monitoring accreditation ng mga NGO's that deal with the government so we have to establish a body that will be in charge of accrediting them and monitoring them so that what happened now will not happen again.

Q: Follow up ko lang ung motion na ipatawag ang mga staff. Si Atty. Gigi Reyes balak natin ipatawag kasi na-mention siya ni Ruby Tuason. STG: Tomorrow we will just concentrate muna with Mr. Cunanan.

Q: Are there any attempts to find Gigi Reyes? STG: That's up to the NBI not up to the Blue Ribbon since sila ang investigative body ng government .

Q: Are you not interested in making her appear before the Blue Ribbon? STG: If they find her then we will summon them.

Q: Nafile na ba ang bill on creation ng agency na mag accredit ng mga NGO's? STG: Wala pa because that will be part of the recommendations of the committee which is part of the committee report.

Q: May balita na sa NBI yung iba pang pinapahanap? STG: Wala pa

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