Press Release
July 26, 2011

Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano
July 25, 2011 Interview 11am Senate Session Hall
TRANSCRIPT PART 2
Re: CA confirmation of Sixto + Electoral Fraud + AntiCorruption

"Brillantes' statements confusing"

I'm hoping that the CA will only be an alternative or default area of investigating election fraud because the CA hearing is really to determine the competence and integrity of appointees. The forum in the CA only opens leads for investigations which they (Comelec) can conduct.

Nakakaconfuse kasi ang statements ni Chairman Brillantes. One moment, he would say that he's very motivated to investigate and then he'll say that it's not his priority. Then when a witness comes out, he says that what the witness said is not enough. When another witness comes out, iimbestigahan niya.

Sala sa lamig, sama sa init parati. So rather than talk, I'd like them to do more. Why are they making their investigation based on kung mayroong lalabas na witness o hindi?

On investigating those involved in the 2004 Electoral Fraud: 'Time to tell all'

(On Pimentel's call to ask Sen. Drilon & Sen. Kiko to spill all) Senator Drilon has spoken out against election fraud from the start. Remember, he was part of the group of the liberal party who went against President Arroyo.

But let me speak in general, anyone or everyone, whether participant, whether bystander, ibig sabihin kakuntsaba man, napanood lang, nalaman lang, ngayon ang panahon na ilabas lahat ito.

Kung mayroon sanang truth commission, sana ngayon na nakaisang taon na, lumabas na itong lahat. Pero wala. Ang paglabas nang sunod-sunod ng mga witnesses sa electoral fraud ay hindi naman bago kung hindi kumprirmasyon ng alam na nating dayaan noong 04 and 07.

Kaya sa akin, time to tell all, and time for everyone who knows anything to come out. That's why I've been asking for a systematic and organized way of doing this. Kasi yung ibang gustong lumabas, ang tanong, saang forum ito ilalabas?

Halimbawa, walang problema sa mga politiko na tumawag ng presscon at malalaman ng mga mamamayan yung nangyayari sa pamamagitan ng presscon. Ngunit yung mga witnesses na iba na may buhay sila, may trabaho, yung proteksyon ng kanilang pamilya at anak, hindi naman pwede na mag-presscon lang.

Ano ang guarantee nila na gagamitin silang witnesses at poprotektahan sila afterwards? Ito yung sinasabing kailangan may point person sa mga imbestigasyon.

Investigations should be made when a crime has been committed, not only when witnesses come out'

Ang imbestigasyon ginagawa dahil may krimen, hindi dahil may witness. Bakit ang mga imbestigasyon natin ay ginagawa kapag may witness? Tulad ng Comelec, mayroon bang krimen noong 04 at noong 07? May dayaan ba o wala? Kapag sinabi natin na meron, may witness o wala, mag-imbestiga kayo.

Pero paulit-ulit sila ngayon na iaanalyze muna nila ang witness, titinganan muna nila kung may ebidensya. Tapos later on, maglalabas ng statement na si FPJ talaga ang nanalo, bakit may conclusion na siya, wala pa namang imbestigasyon.

O bakit naman may mga conclusion na iiba minsan, ayaw pa nilang mag-imbestiga. Kasi nako-confuse ako at hindi nila maalis sa akin na ang tingin ko, may pinoprotektahan na iba sa Comelec at kasama pa sa sindikato ng "Hello Garci" kaya hindi umuusad ang imbestigasyon sa Comelec.

Q: Hindi makakasuhan si Garci?

Isang dahilan na hindi makakasuhan si Garci ay number one, napakalalim ng sindikato. Yung iba sa mga kasama, andon pa sa Comelec. Pangalawa, hindi lang naman si Pangulong Arroyo ang nakinabang. Sari-saring posisyon ng mga politiko ang nakinabang.

At baka ito rin ang dahilan kung bakit si Chairman Brillantes ay hindi makagalaw dahil sa patong-patong na conflict of interest ng mga kliyente niya na maaaring yung iba ay involved din sa Hello Garci.

Actually, this is beyond the CA already. Ang pinag-uusapan na dito ay ang integridad ng electoral process natin. Nagtataka ako bakit wala pang organized at systematic way of investigating the electoral fraud.

But as I said., nakatutok lang yung pandaraya sa presidential race, kay President Arroyo, na naniniwala yung marami na si FPJ ang nanalo. Ngunit, ang dayaan sa eleksyon, 07 or 04 o before that, maraming politiko ang nakinabang at malalim na malalim ang sindikato. Ang Garci Boys ay buhay na buhay at intact pa rin, yung iba ay nasa Comelec.

Continuous call for a systematic and organized way to fight corruption

'Yung iba ay nasa Comelec pa din kaya ang Comelec ay nahihirapan mag-imbestiga. So dapat magkaroon ng credible independent body na very clear kung sino sila at sino ang point person na once and for all tapusin ang lahat ng ito kung hindi bawat SONA na lang ay mayrong past administration bashing, may bagong anomalya na ilalabas.

Naka-one year na tayo�enough time na mahukay lahat ng binaon na mga misteryo, lahat ng anomalya, lahat ng ebidensiyang tinago so sana ilabas na ito at magkaroon ng systematic na way na i-address ito at kasuhan na ang mga dapat kasuhan.

Our Fight against Corruption

Now, the recent events with whistleblowers coming out also gave a boost to the national government or the Aquino administration's fight against graft and corruption. But I'd like to reiterate: what is the organized or systematic manner in which we can address graft and corruption?

I'm happy to see that the Whistleblowers Act and the FOI will be among the priorities. But I'm still hoping that they will define kung sino ang magiimbestiga para yung mga gustong lumabas na mga witnesses alam kung saan pupunta.

Facts are facts. So kung may hawak silang facts about anomalya or anything about the past administrations, it shouldn't only be about the Arroyo administration. It's his privilege or it's his right to come out with those facts.

Whether it's true or not, the Arroyo administration and the other administrations can have their own day to be able to refute this. But we cannot go on every year just talking about the past. They were given one year. That's more than enough time to out all of the facts about the Arroyo administration. So now is the time na ilabas ito at tapusin ito.

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