Lawmaker dares Comelec chief to file ethics complaint

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Lawmaker dares Comelec chief to file ethics complaint  Sagip Rep. Rodante Marcoleta dares Commission on Elections Chairman George Garcia to file an ethics complaint against him. In an interview with newsmen on Aug. 8, 2028, Marcoleta said  Garcia's supposed offshore accounts were not allegations and asked Garcia to issue a certification that he did not have them.   Video by Red Mendoza  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook   Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram   Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter   DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion     Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital     Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify   Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts   Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic   Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #themanilatimes  #philippines #ethics

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00:00Chairman Garcia, who filed an ethics complaint against you regarding your allegations against PANIA,

00:09he just denied the documents from AMLC and NBI.

00:16We are asking, is the COMELEC compliant in procuring the system and the machines from Peru?

00:25Because if you will consider the automated election law,

00:30the system and the machines that must be procured by COMELEC must have demonstrated capability.

00:38And this must have been successfully used in prior electoral exercises here and abroad.

00:47He's saying that the Supreme Court didn't approve it.

00:52But you know, if the action was attended by grave abuse of discretion,

01:02that action, meaning to say that bidding, is void.

01:06It is as if it does not exist.

01:09So maybe even if the Supreme Court didn't approve it,

01:13maybe you re-bid.

01:15What he's saying is that there was bidding because there were five contractors who bought bidding documents,

01:21but they didn't come.

01:22And that means that there was no bidding.

01:24The price of this procurement is 17.9 billion pesos.

01:29If you didn't go through the bidding, why do we still have the procurement law?

01:34These are the fundamental questions,

01:36which have been diverted because there is information about bookstore accounts.

01:41These are only collateral issues.

01:43Now, if he's saying that our recent transaction records are fake,

01:52then it's up to the gateway payment subsidiary of J.B. Morganses and Company.

02:04Why is he saying that it's okay if he has the grounds to file an ethics complaint

02:14if he thinks he's doing the right thing?

02:17We are in a democracy. Why don't we do it?

02:20Is it my fault that I found a way to prove that there is an account?

02:28Somebody deposited money in those two remaining opened accounts.

02:36It just so happens that the account is in his name.

02:40What he's saying is that he already showed the owner of the account,

02:45but he just made that account.

02:48And then the document is there.

02:50It's like he already showed the owner of the account.

02:53Actually, the one who deposited the information, like his name and address,

02:59was the one who deposited it, not Chase.

03:01It's easy to say.

03:03What are the evidences that that's what happened?

03:06If, for example, Chair Garcia has already asked the help and the assistance of the NBI,

03:13let the NBI speak for that.

03:15It's not a joke.

03:17Let us see those documents.

03:19Did the NBI really get it?

03:21Is this really true or not?

03:23That's what I want to see.

03:25As far as I'm concerned, those transaction records obtained through our volunteers,

03:31in my opinion, they're conclusive.

03:33Now, if he's going to say they're not conclusive, then let's compare.

03:37The only neutral agency that can do this is the NBI or the AMLOC.

03:42Where are their reports, right?

03:45Sir, I'm challenging you to make the allegations under oath, no?

03:48I am not making allegations.

03:50I am just simply proving.

03:52That's why I gave...

03:56Back then, I said, I need to verify this.

03:58That's why I did not name names.

04:00But he volunteered right away.

04:02It's not my fault.

04:04So when I saw documents that would verify my points,

04:09I gave them to the public.

04:11Is that an allegation?

04:13I did not allege anything.

04:14I'm saying that I was able to prove through those documents

04:17that there are accounts under his name.

04:20And I think the burden of proof shifted to him.

04:22Prove that those...

04:24Think about it.

04:26J.B. Morgan Chase Company is a very reputable, world-renowned

04:30banking institution based in the United States.

04:34Now, go to the Chase for Business.

04:38That's what you're talking about.

04:39How did you produce this?

04:41Can you help us? Let's try it.

04:43Who deposited it? Is it true that it's in my account?

04:46Why don't we ask?

04:49Why do we always concentrate on offshore accounts?

04:53I'm not saying let's not talk about this.

04:57But let us not forget the main issue behind this.

05:01It just so happens that there is information on the accounts.

05:06That's why you think it's complicated.

05:09But he needs to answer those basic questions.

05:12That's where the cleanliness of our election lies.

05:17Sir, pardon my ignorance.

05:19But we only have a few months left before the election.

05:22What if there is a failure of the Mayo?

05:25What will we do? Last resort for elections, counting.

05:28What will we do?

05:30Why are we thinking about failure?

05:34That's why if he had answered these questions more than one year ago,

05:41we wouldn't have waited for this conversation.

05:44When the Supreme Court said,

05:47Comelec committed grave abuse of discretion,

05:51it's been more than a year.

05:53If, for example, there was an honest bidding,

05:57we would have finished.

05:59It's only a matter of proving whether this machine

06:02and the combination of two applications have been used successfully elsewhere.

06:07In one country, it was used here,

06:09we approved it, and the boxing was over.

06:12Only the NBI will prove it.

06:14If the NBI really did the three-amlock combination,

06:19and they really learned it,

06:24it would be better if they prove it, not Comelec itself.

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