Press Release
September 30, 2008

Interview with Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano

Q: Sir regarding po sa conflict of interest...dip o ba nasama kahapon yon?

ASC: The first premise is the double insertion so they didn't prove the first premise so why would you move on to the second allegation. Remember the term conflict of interest is a legal term not just because nadaanan ang property mo doesn't mean na meron kang conflict of interest. Be that as it may, at the proper time, of course we will look into it. But as Senator Enrile said if they are saying that there's a wrong doing by a senator, the burden is upon them and the proper venue would be the Ethics Committee.

Q: ...

ASC: No, that would be, if it's a conflict of ineterest and it's a sitting senator, its an ethics committee. If its an anomaly in the payment of right of way or kung sasabihin mong may anomalyang binago, etcetara, then that would be sa Blue Ribbon, pwede sa Public Works, etcetera... So when the time comes to take up the resolutions, the author will have to say what their point is. Kasi ang ginawa kasi nila, Hiniwa-hiwalay nila ang issues eh. So actually right now, hindi ti-nake up pa, pero kasama na sa ti-nake-up ng finance... Remember humingi si Senator Madrigal ng documents so well wait to see what's happening sa Finance Committee kasi kung hindi magsasabay-sabay lahat ng committees.

Well, that's why were saying that si Sen Villar, Sen. Madrigal, si Senator Lacson should make their point clear kasi nung una sinasabi nila nagtatanong lang naman kami... so ngayon kung sinasabi nila may conflict of interest dapat nila ma define yung conflict.

Wala pa silang nilalabas na issue eh.

Well so far there's no showing of any irregularity or anomaly... that's what im saying eh. The mere fact na dinaanan yung property mo does not point to any irregularity. So ill give you an example of the irregularity, hindi dapat dinaanan ang lugar mo, dinaanan. Or number two isang libo ang halaga binayaran ka ng sampung libo, diba? Or ah, hindi mo lupa, pero ikaw ang sumingil ng right of way. Those are examples of anomalies. So, that's why ginamit ko yung term na trial by publicity kasi parang pinalalabas ni senator madrigal that the mere fact na kumita ang isang kumpanya ay illegal na siya... Eh diba nga kaya ka nga pumaposok sa negosyo para kumita eh. The question is, conflict ba yung interest ng gobyerno at ng kumpanya mo, at ginamit mo posisyon mo para yung interest mo masunod and so far they haven't shown that. Or there's no showing of that that in fact, even senator lacson was saying it was a good project. So if it's a good project, how can here be a conflict of interest.

No im saying that they have to show in their case what the conflict is. Ang sinasabi ko hilaw ang ah... yung premises nila ay correct. Ang problema nila ang conclusions nila dahil sa politics, naka-cloud na judgment nila, diba? Ibig sabihin... tama yung one nila. Tama ang problema equals five ang sinasabi nila. Kulang kapa ng plus another one-one-one... parang maging five yun. One plus one equals two pa lang eh. So yun sinasabi ko dun. So linawin niyo, lahat ng magfa-file ng kaso has a theory, diba, pano na commit yung crime, bakit kinomit yung crime, anong kinita etcetera, so... so far, wala yun. Yun ang point dun.

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