Press Release
February 26, 2015

Transcript of Ambush Interview with Senate President Franklin M. Drilon

Q: Nanawagan Si PNoy na huwag i-dilute yung BBL, kaya bang ideliver ng Senado yun?

SPFMD: We will not dilute. We will examine it closely and modify the provisions which we believe are not consistent with the Constitution. Yan po ang aming gagawin, I don't think dilution is the correct term but we have to modify and look at each provision carefully.

It will not be passed untouched. And I think that the MILF recognizes that. May input, may sariling pananaw ang mga elected representatives, amin pong titingnan nang husto iyan.

Q: Ang position po kasi ng MILF at ng OPAPP, yung sinubmit nilang BBL is constitutional already.

SPFMD: We are elected representatives of the people. We are independent of the OPAPP. I think OPAPP is open to discussion regarding its provisions. It is not correct that it is the position of the OPAPP that we should not touch the BBL. Alam po nila na may kapangyarihan kaming tingnan at suriin nang husto at kailangan ay sang-ayon sa Saligang Batas itong BBL.

Q: Ano po ang timetable niyo sa BBL?

SPFMD: Sa akin po, realistically, hindi kayang ipasa ng Marso kaya sa Hunyo po an gaming target.

Q: By July, you will have the 2016 budget, then magpa-file na ng COC by October, di ba parang masikip na?

SPFMD: Masikip, kaya sinasabi natin na dapat sa Hunyo ay matapos na ito.

Q: What are the provisions that you think are unconstitutional?

SPFMD: We will discuss that in the course of the committee hearings and the plenary debates.

Q: Sir si Purisima, sinabi po ay hindi daw siya nagsinungaling sa Pangulo, pero iba yung sinabi ng Pangulo.

SPFMD: I would rather believe the President than Purisima. The President said na nagsinungaling siya, it's the word if the President against Purisima's. I would rather believe the President.

Q: Ano po ang nakikita niyong liability ni Purisima?

SPFMD: Usurpation of public functions, kailangan po iyan pag aralan ng Presidente, dahilan po habang suspendido si Purisima ay nagpatuloy, maliwanag po iyan sa aming hearings. He continued to provide instructions notwithstanding the fact that he was suspended. He was the one who decided that the operation should be after the Pope's visit.

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