‘HINDI KAMI BAYARAN’
Broadcast journalist Kara David made a brief yet striking response to Senator Rodante Marcoleta, who called the media paid hacks on Thursday.
“Hindi kami bayaran,” she wrote in a Facebook post.
Marcoleta made the "bayaran" statement during the Blue Ribbon Committee hearing that he and Senator Alan Cayetano led, with 18 former Marines testifying that they allegedly served as bagmen and delivered luggage of cash in kickbacks from flood control projects to several lawmakers.
“Pasensya na po kung ako’y nakapagsalita nang gano’n. I did not mean it. Ito po ay dahil sa frustration ko sa nangyari at nangyayari,” said Marcoleta in a press conference after the hearing.
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What is so obvious is people's feeling ang reaction is UMAY‼️ Umay na umay na sa dramahan sa Senado. Sana naman mahimasmasan na ang mga senador na and, bumalik sa KATINUAN ‼️‼️‼️‼️
Bukas si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na magpatawag ng special session para pulungin ang mga mambabatas sa pagpapasa ng mga nakabinbing panukalang batas at kumpirmasyon ng ilang heneral.
TRILLANES, MAGHAHAIN UMANO NG LIBEL CASE LABAN KINA SP CAYETANO AT SEN. MARCOLETA MATAPOS MADAWIT SA BLUE RIBBON HEARING
Ang pahayag ni Antonio Trillanes ay kasunod ng testimonya ng ilan sa grupong tinaguriang “Brave 18” o mga dating sundalo sa pagdinig ng Blue Ribbon Committee, na nag-akusa umano na nakatanggap siya ng pera mula kay dating kongresista Zaldy Co kaugnay ng usapin ng International Criminal Court (ICC).
Ayon kay Trillanes, walang legal na batayan ang pagdinig kaya naniniwala siyang maaari niyang panagutin ang mga nasa likod nito.
“Hindi naman legitimate na hearing kaya liable sila.”
Sa naturang pagdinig, ilang personalidad mula sa politika at gobyerno ang nadawit sa iba’t ibang alegasyon ng umano’y cash deliveries, maletang may lamang pera, at kickbacks na konektado sa flood control projects at iba pang usapin.
Samantala, bahagi rin ng mas malaking sigalot sa Senado ang usapin ng legalidad ng hearing.
Patuloy na iginigiit ni Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano na siya ang lehitimong Senate President at kinikilala niya si Senadora Pia Cayetano bilang lehitimong chairperson ng Blue Ribbon Committee. Sa panig naman ng kampo nina Senador Erwin Tulfo at iba pang senador na sumuporta sa reorganisasyon ng Senado, kinikilala nila ang bagong komposisyon ng mga komite at kinukuwestiyon ang awtoridad ng hearing na isinagawa nitong Hunyo 4.
Dahil dito, hindi lamang mga alegasyon ng korapsyon ang naging sentro ng usapan kundi maging ang tanong kung alin sa mga naglalabang kampo sa Senado ang may lehitimong kapangyarihan na magsagawa ng mga opisyal na pagdinig.
Sa ngayon, wala pang opisyal na reaksiyon sina SP Cayetano at Senador Marcoleta hinggil sa planong paghahain ni Trillanes ng kasong libel laban sa kanila.
‘KAKASUHAN KO ULIT SILA’
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV denied allegations made by the 18 "ex-Marines" that he received money from former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co to be given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), and said he would file another case against them.
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PRESS CONFERENCE
That's how Sen. Raffy Tulfo called the probe conducted by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano's bloc on the flood control scandal. Speaking to #OnPoint, Tulfo also said Sen. Rodante Marcoleta's 'paid hacks' claim on media was uncalled for.
Parang umorder lang sa karinderya itong 18 Marites. Unli turo. Walang kahirap-hirap. Sikat ka na. Bayani ka pa. Saan ka pa.
Tatak Mike Derensor.
#CrossExamNayan
There may have been more corrupt people in pur history, there were many more bloodthirsty. But Alan Peter Cayetano certainly will go down as one of the most unworthy to ever hold office because of his almost historically singular, naked and frankly pathetic lust for power
'THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE INTERPRETED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS THE SENATE TO FUNCTION AND NOT BE BLOCKED'
The official organization of lawyers in the country has invoked a 1949 landmark Supreme Court decision in saying that the session held by the new Senate majority on June 3 was “lawful and valid.”
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TODAY'S EDITORIAL: Unlike the other legislative chamber, the House of Representatives has been quick to discipline its members over various infractions. https://t.co/1mF0hLcoJW