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00:00Senator Nancy Binay's walkout is related to the news about the closing of the new Senate building. We will talk to her now on the telephone. Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hali.
00:11Good morning Brassie and of course to all those who are following your program. Good morning.
00:19Good morning. Senator, did you talk to Senator Cayetano after you had a heated discussion yesterday?
00:24I don't think he wants to talk to me because I've been telling him repeatedly that we're just waiting for a proper transition.
00:35We will talk. In fact, Senator Ping Lackson sent a message to Senator Alan that the three of us will talk as former chairperson of the Committee of Accounts,
00:50and he's the new chairperson, to talk about the building because there are parts of the building that are not during my term.
00:59I think the best person to explain to him is Senator Lackson. That's why we approached Senator Lackson to talk to the three of us.
01:09He sent out a message to Senator Alan and he declined the invitation.
01:15They have figures and information that you are discussing in detail. Didn't you talk about this privately before you went to the public hearing?
01:25The mere fact that he declined the invite of Senator Lackson to talk to the three of us, he would have been able to explain where those numbers came from.
01:39We will go to the meat of his argument. Why did the delay in the construction of the new senate building reach 800 days?
01:48Actually, that's what we're wondering Raffy. He told the DPWH during the hearing not to tell me the reason why there's a delay.
01:58In fact, whenever the DPWH raises the reason for the delay, he always blocks and stops the DPWH to explain.
02:11It's because of different factors. Number one, it was hit by COVID. It was hit by the war in Ukraine.
02:19Even the policy made by the NLEX, which prohibits the weight of the wind, had an effect on the building.
02:33There are things that would be better if he explained to us or we, Senator Ping, the history of this building.
02:48You said that when you entered, the hearing was already a mess. In which part of the hearing did you think there was a problem?
02:55For me, he apologized to USEC Sandain. They said that they lied because they said there's no 23 billion.
03:10When I raised that point, based on their documents, that amount does not exist.
03:18Did you explain where that figure came from?
03:23That's one of the things that we talked about. I don't know where the figure of 23 billion came from.
03:34Remember what they said, the construction of the Senate building collapsed. So why did the cost of the lot include,
03:47and there are other components that are included in their account.
03:52What they talked about when it collapsed is the cost of construction.
03:57The cost of acquiring the lot is not part of the cost of construction.
04:03So in the first place, the construction and building is negligible.
04:07What you're saying is everything is explainable.
04:10Everything is explainable.
04:12Raffy, the construction of a house is not that easy. What more, the four buildings. Technically, four buildings are being built.
04:27It also has an architectural design that is a bit complicated.
04:31Okay. Thank you very much for the time you shared with us this afternoon.
04:36Thank you very much.
04:37Senator Nancy Binay.
04:40We also tried to interview Senator Alan Peter Cayetano live, but he said he has a prior commitment today.
04:46Tomorrow is the news that we will interview Senator Cayetano live.
05:07Thank you.