grabbed from the wall of Rodolfo Abaya Roxas (salamat rodolfo!): GUINGONA, CHIZ GRANDSTANDING, SAYS MIRIAM Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said some of her colleagues, especially those who have their eyes on higher positions in the 2016 elections, were only after publicity. “If we want to investigate, we should all apply as National Bureau of Investigation agents. An inquiry in aid of legislation means we ask the witnesses what law should be made so that this scam will not be repeated. But all that the whistle-blowers have to say are already in the papers. The public already knows what the whistle-blowers are saying in their affidavits. So why still conduct hearings.” she said. She said that what’s happening in the televised hearings is that “each [senator makes] his own scene” and that some senators end up as “drama queens.” “The real story is this: 2016 is the keyword. We are having elections in 2016. Vice presidential [hopefuls] in the administration like holding blue ribbon hearings because the topic will be ‘talk of the town’ and most likely be televised. They just hog the limelight and then ask these questions that are absolutely fatuous as far as I am concerned,” she said. She referred to Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. and Estrada as possible candidates of the opposition for the vice presidency while Senators Francis Escudero III and Teofisto Guingona III are reportedly being eyed as vice presidential candidates of the administration. “They’re wasting the people’s time in their pursuit of their vice presidential ambitions,” she added.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 03:04:00 +0000