Press Release
May 18, 2009

Transcript of interview of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile re Report of Legal Counsel

Q: Na-receive n'yo na po ang report ng legal counsel ng Committee of the Whole?

SP: Natanggap ko na at ni-review namin yun, and I am going to present it this morning to the Committee.

Q: So dadaan po ba yun sa approval ng miyembro ng Committee of the Whole?

SP: Not yet. I am going to give them time to study it. Short lang ang hearing sa araw na ito. I'll submit the report to them and then I'll give them until Wednesday to prepare a form of Committee resolution and indicate those who are in favor of the resolution and those who are not.

Q: So, sa Wednesday po magkakaroon ng panibagong hearing?

SP: Sa Thursday. I will present that on Thursday. I'll give them until Thursday morning.

Q: So, ano lang mangyayari today?

SP: I will present the report. That's all.

Q: Initially, pwede ko po bang malaman kung ano yung laman ng report?

SP: Hindi ko pwedeng i-disclose yun e.

Q: Pero mamaya po sa hearing, isasa-publiko n'yo po ba yun?

SP: Hindi. I will just submit the reports to the members.

Q: Kailan po ito isasa-publiko?

SP: Sa Thursday.

Q: So, you will be asking the members of the committee not to disclose?

SP: They cannot disclose. They have to study it and make a judgment. Study the findings made by the Chair. Ang Chairman ang inuutusan ng Rules na gumawa ng finding and recommendation. Meron na akong finding. Gumawa ako ng summary of evidence. What are the facts found and I submitted the recommendation and my recommendation is for the Committee to judiciously study this finding of facts and give them until Thursday morning before the hearing.

Q: Sir, mga 30 minutes lang ang hearing n'yo today?

SP: Sandali lang 'to.

Q: Kailan niyo na-receive ang report ng legal counsel ng Committee of the Whole?

SP: Last Saturday. .

Q: Mahaba ba yung recommendation?

SP: Mahaba. It's a complete analysis of the evidence attached to the complaint and those that were presented during the last preliminary hearing.

Q: Pagbalik niyo ng Thursday, ang mga members ba ay magbibigay ng kaniya-kaniyang evaluation?

SP: Kaniya-kaniyang botohan. Walang sapilitan ito. Each one will make up his own mind. Walang pressure, walang paki-usapan. Basta kaniya-kaniyang desisyon.

Q: Sir, yung may signature, yun ba yung recommendation n'yo at hindi yung recommendation ng General Counsel?

SP: Yung ginawa na analysis ng mga abogado, isinumite sa akin at pinag-aralan ko. I prepare a report, ako mismo.

Q: Pero naka-attach po dun yung ginawa ng General Counsel?

SP: Hindi. Yun ang kanilang analysis. Sila ang abogado ko e.

Q: So, under the Rules, kayo ang gagawa ng recommendation?

SP: Under the Rules, I am the one who must make a report. Klaro yun e.

Q: For adoption of the Committee?

SP: For approval of the Committee.

Q: Credible ba yung evidence?

SP: Do not pressure me.

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