Panayam kay Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, Chairman, Committee on Public Order & Dangerous Drugs (October 16, 2023) | UB
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Transcript
00:00 This weekend, Senator Ronald Bato de la Rosa led the inspection of Sitio Capihan in Surigao del Norte,
00:06 organized by the Allegations Against Socorro Bayanihan Services, Inc.
00:10 Now, we will be able to watch him live about their visit there. Good morning Senator de la Rosa.
00:16 Good morning to you Susan and to our viewers. Good morning to all of us.
00:23 Senator, you said that you rehearsed the answers of your interviewees, the residents of Sitio Capihan.
00:31 Why did you say that? How was your conversation with the residents?
00:35 Well, we have been investigating for a long time, Susan, and we are clear about the answers to your questions,
00:45 your interviews, if this was rehearsed or not, and if they were right or not.
00:50 For example, our question, did you get married to Sen. Aguilar?
01:00 The answer is, we did not get married sir because he's not authorized to get married.
01:09 So the reason why we protected them, you can see that they're prepared.
01:15 The reason why we protected their leader.
01:18 And Senator, because it was announced that you will go there, you can see that they're prepared, right?
01:26 Yes, obviously, they're prepared.
01:31 So when you visited the cemetery of Sitio Capihan, you noticed that there were a lot of children buried there.
01:37 Are all the children buried there? What will be the proof that it's not like that?
01:45 I saw that it's almost like a child.
01:49 There's one day of his life, he was born and at the same day, he was buried.
01:57 There's one month, one year. Most of them are children who were buried there.
02:06 You were shown a body of a baby. Why Senator?
02:09 Well, I was told by NBI that they were given instructions to exhume one body because the complainant's father went to their office
02:21 and his son wanted to be exhumed and to undergo forensic examination and maybe to be transferred to a better burial ground.
02:38 So we had to exhume him on the timing of our visit.
02:42 NBI accompanied their mission.
02:45 Senator, what did you talk to the mayor Riza Raffoncel Tarok Timkang?
02:51 Well, I asked them, the mayor, the LGO and the people below, that whatever happens, just in case,
03:06 the agreement, the PAC-BARMA between the people's organization, SBISAY and DNR will be revoked.
03:21 I told them to be ready, please accept them with open arms, help them, don't consider them as outsiders.
03:30 I noticed that there's animosity between the local government of Socorro and the SBISAY members.
03:41 They have negative feelings towards, particularly SBISAY, towards the local government.
03:50 I told them that even if the SBISAY members have negative feelings towards you, please be open to them, accept them with open arms,
04:00 because we know that these people are also victims of their misbelief towards their divine leader, Aguila.
04:15 So you should accept them. I talked to the mayor and I was also with Governor Lyndon Barbers during the inspection.
04:24 He helped me during the inspection and he gave assurance during our dialogue with all the members of SBISAY in the capital.
04:35 He gave assurance to Governor Barbers that he will not neglect his people in SBISAY just in case there will be relocation.
04:47 So our dialogue was a good result.
04:51 While the Senate is continuing the visitation to SBISAY, what will be the help and weight of your visit there?
05:00 It's big. Number one, we were able to inspect the area.
05:10 It's hard to make a committee report that you're not in the area. You're in the Senate office and you're making a report and investigating.
05:18 You need to go to the area. Number two, we had a dialogue with the members and we know what they're feeling.
05:28 Number three, I was able to confirm for myself the allegations and counter-allegations, the defense of the other.
05:38 I was able to make my own conclusions that will form part of my committee report.
05:44 Okay. Thank you very much Senator Ronald Bato de la Rosa. Good morning Senator.
05:49 Good morning to you Susan and to all of us.
05:52 Thank you.
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