Senator
Antonio Trillanes IV wish was granted today.
Before the
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, son in law Atty Manases Carpio and Davao City
Vice-Mayor Paulo Duterte appeared to answer
questions regarding the 6.4 Billion pesos worth of Shabu that entered the
country from China.
The Vice
Mayor said that he would not answer
allegations “based on hearsay.” *
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| Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and the president's son in law Atty Manases Carpio take their oaths in the continuing senate probe of the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of shabu from China (photo credit PhilStar) |
In
compliance with the invitation of this honorable committee and as a gesture of
respect to the Senate, I am formally appearing in today’s proceedings. Once and
for all, I now have the time to deny any and all baseless allegations thrown
against me,” Duterte said in a prepared statement.
“My
presence here is for the Filipino people and fellow Davaoeños. I am very sorry
but I cannot answer allegations based on hearsay,” he said.
The Senate
Blue Ribbon Committee is continuing its investigation regarding the smuggling
of the P6.4 billion worth of Shabu that passed through the BOC as well as the
so called “tara system” that is so prevalent in the Bureau as revealed by
Senator Panfilo Lacson in his Kita Kita inspired privelege speech last month.
"Once
and for all, I now have the time to deny any and all baseless allegations
thrown against me," Paolo Duterte told the senators in the plenary.
“In
closing, a Senator once said that we are a family of murderers and I am untouchable.
Allow me to quote a message from a colleague of mine, every talk has its day;
the law of karma will operate specially to those with evil intent,” the Davao
City Vice-Mayor said. *
As for the
Presidential son in law , Atty. Carpio, the husband of Sara Duterte and
currently the incumbent Mayor of Davao City
said that "have been publicly crucified based on rumors and
gossips."
Senator
Trillanes accused Paolo Duterte of being a member of the Chinese triad, an
organized crime group. Trillanes claims he got his information from a foreign
government, to which he agreed to divulge the information to his fellow
senators in an executive session because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Can I see
your tattoo?
Trillanes
also claims that the proof that indeed Paolo Duterte is a member of the Chinese
triad lies on a tattoo with a serial number to the faction one belongs to,which
he claims Paolo Duterte has.
Paolo
Duterte acknowledged he has a tattoo during questionings by Trillanes but
refused to show it, citing his right to privacy.
The lawyer
of the Vice Mayor, Atty. Rainier Madrid asked the relevance of the need to see
a tattoo, he asked if the senator is gay for insisting that his client reveals
his back tattoo.
"Why
does he want to see my client's tattoo? Is he gay?" Madrid told reporters
in a televised ambush interview. He said he would have allowed Duterte to bare
his body art only if Trillanes outs himself as a homosexual. *
Madrid told
reporters that Paolo was willing to show his tattoo, but advised against it
because it will be like entertaining an “insult”. As a lawyer, he claims he
could be disbarred from the profession for allowing Paolo to comply with
Senator Trillanes request.
Madrid further calls Triallanes so-called
evidence as mere propaganda . "Why do you have to play his game? The job
of the lawyer is to let the enemy play our game," Madrid said.
"My game is that to show him as a
propagandist. He always resorts to intel reports hearsay, chismis
everything," he added.
Trillanes
tried to bait the Paolo and Atty Carpio to sign waivers if indeed they don’t have
secret bank accounts, which the senator claims they have. The two made a
categorical answer of “no” they will not sign such waivers.
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