Cunanan's affidavit

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Atty. Rodolfo Noel S. Quimbo Director General

FOR

All Member

:

Senators

Blue Ribbon Committee

FRM

Rodolfo Noel S. Quimbo Director General

:

Upon instructions of the Chairman, Sen. Teofisto "TG" Guingona, we are hereby transmitting to you a copy of the Aflidavit of Mr. Dennis L. Cunanan, Director General, Technology Resource Center (TRC).

Please be advised that the said affidavit as submitted to the Committee is accompanied by several documentary attachments. Should you wish to have photocopies these attachments, a set will be made available in Room 501 for your staffto borrow for photocopying purposes.

Thank you.

Rodolfo

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Sd,Ftoor, Scn.te ofth€ PilllpDlncs,

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tolrfar 55lI-6877

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tol. no. 552.6601 loc. 5510, 5511; 552-6851

bloo.lbbon@s€mte.gov.ph

Republic City of

married, with

t.

Nuevo, City

elF sworn ln

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depose and state: Tha

of 2004 as Deputy General

Center

now

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said

position

was appo

Director

Antonio the

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the

office

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and I

of the TRC vice

3.

duties

General

were

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o S. Aquino lll, in I

head

and

my primary duty

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ent Team (CMT)

kdd to

ns of the Center

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program in 2005;

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2010

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nto

to the present.

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position upon

TRC

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ln

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and

transactions

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official

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Director General, , to ensure the

tof

being

the

involved in the

ection

state for the record

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$

started receiving

I

2008.

of Act (cAA)

of one

from legislators

â‚Źin

2009 in terms of

[his

TRC

in the annual

the authorized im

PDAF

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Ortlz

the

with

of former Director supervised the , he officially

), GM Rosalinda cally

of the s

)rity

supervision of all PD

reported directly to

we (myself and

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to

PDAF tunded

of being

plemented by TRC by

to process the same

the

recognized then as a

M

be

of the

of

of Management

the fees.

completion of Office Circular

authority as Deputy the Director General

which

thousand pesos [P1

set at

.00)

) only.

million

03, 200

Director General Guidelines

limits which he

where

i_ssued

PDAF

fusly

out and

tn

of PDAF in the Center.

office

others, that no PDAF

Ortiz

of

ted

Agreement

MOA shall be

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held

by

then T

Services (TLIDS) being reviewed by Manager of the

and Services ls

G

rancisco Figura, and

by the Director Deputy Director

r copy 2 copy

0rtiz.

7, 2007

Director General

is$ued

slightly the on

PD

the

points on

for PDAF projects.

and

On No.

Director General amended Ofrfice Said Memorandum

Authoriqy''

A) to

amount exceeding

i[lion was

Memorandum, this

a

General. The M

Authority (Box

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on in the

C)

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ects except in the

of the vouchers,

; and

particularly,

r

could not sign

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copy

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acts

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isterial duty of to the

documents even this ministerial

Director General

issued

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an

related proiects.

signatory

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on

fuAF

projects

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I

actually

by the

and and/or

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s Legal Department

Director

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ects but these were

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when I acted as Ol

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did

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complete and in and only after

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of the

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as

e sul

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to implement.

the proi

AF-funded projects

first time these

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in

visited

at the

in

of the

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or 2007, accompanied Rene

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Napoles as her Ramon ?ong" of congressmen whose

Sen.

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l

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on

DOTC

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have

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lvere fr., I

cannot

told from

shortly would

that the TRC would PDAF of said

who

which said

fave

expect TRC to

to be

process NG0s

ofthe

particularly,

chosen NGOs

srnce

the

talk to

ltwas

the PDAF

sof

the same would be

or the

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told

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involved

s

PDAF-tunded

that I was

I

that

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n,

lanet Lim-Napoles,

by the

that I

because of the and checks ofTRC.

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case, as

a$

they would have no

the lem

relating to the

secunng

office.

if ever

to her to talk to the General

of me, Mrs. Napoles

the Legal

in the

not to

cared of

(i.e', 'i

use

has already

apoles further told me

of the NGOs to

the

would

it

the legislators'

shortly projects.

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s visit, the TRC

enough,

us that they have

recetve

part of

implemented by the

for or that

have

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by the

fact

N

that during the years

1

was not around and

2009,

when

the fact

office

were

occasions

personal

ups from

representatives for

of the

their

coursed through the

followcalls or are

refered

of Director General

to receive visi

PD

among the staff

visits

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the officials the

the

oft

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to there

or

the TRC

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of

NGOs

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u

herself as "Belen",

.

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uaII

represents, Belen

also

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to our office to

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letters

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was required to

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to delaythe im

the Bureau of

ready

those

caution,

to ask that

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veriff

signatures and

landline numbers.

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received

letters were indeed

and

issued

then that we proceed

the

and/or their

dfs of

Staff

t letter in favor of

lilGOs

they

through the

llhey

like their selection of

would

r

which

use of

t

ready

release for

work

financial plan.

daily

in the office to

my position, d and/or making

-change

I

proiects and to

often

follow

work

'

and

or their staff up on the release

and

the absence of

for the

he was hosting a

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remember a certain

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tried to

project initiated by

Ramon

by calling the if a certain Atty.

number

for and in behalf

indeed Said

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to Atty.

himself even took

and

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implementation of

FDAF.

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implement his

frinded

PD

that now that I have

him,

of said

NGO

I did not expect

n by Sen.

(all at

he authorized Atty.

and he

expediti

lryas I

merely replied to him

able to

now said

lam

myiob.

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time

the staff at TRC

me

and/or

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of Senator luan

Enrile

signatories,

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ority of

igi" Reyes

fose

of

tn

to

o Evangelista,

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by

Atry.

use

of Sen. E

AF funds to an NGO,

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listed number of

office,

of

Reyes, who was then

to

were

rt

submitted in

of his

chosen.

as

called

with me that she

Atty.

Enrile. I know

I was

the officially listed

to me.

she introduced

of their signa that Atty. Reyes su

in

the

's authority to sign or, and

the

PD

ffice of Senator Enrile. In fact,

and

signed the Mem

um

proposal and the d

e

Enrile's PDAF-funded

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time when

elr

funded

p

and

an

approve the said

the offices of

his

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jects.

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rlents

a

to our office to foll

GOs,

of

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,tially

gave

his ol he and

Estrada.

some people on the

line,

me to talk to Sen.

and

vivi

how both Senators

and

becaus

they thought that

was

fer

admon

ioieas.

Senators Revilla

l

the

to imp

jhonor

r choice of the NGO, since the projects

they

me to ensure that

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vVould

respective projects.

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to said

their

Senators

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actors

li

whose

heard the

their

the

Local

for

they

with. Likewise, they -funded projects Units (LGU

have able me,

which

said projects, as

itheir

should implement

PDAF.

uent and persistent tatives of legislators

and/or

personally or through

us to

of their PDAF

ue and

upon us. To us

iust the letter of a proj

since

a

is enough to cause

le and

'or rnic

know for a fact that functions over our

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directly talk PDAF

proiects.

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cs or qs to Btate,

tactics exerted by and

the of us -funded

Congressmen

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of their TRC to process and

our initial misgivings

on

the

.B

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AF

part the

ofthe Congress most

the time, it was the

who

on the status of

and

sought

and transfer of

their

I

remember

representatives even Center for the

the r{lease

to their

.9

like

ln

even

Congressman

pardo

ole day at the

checks

the

NGO partner.

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NGO partners

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to

-funded projects, I

a

I

TRC's Management

the

the

in the selection of

the

to

t

to the Government

or General Ortiz Act supposedly

.11

were are

the the

to

or civil works projects

rrylell as

further told me that

the

of the legislators, Appropriation's

e

said

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their

General

know anyl better,i

orirly to

are to be spent and this

of the

the NGO

P

to

had no cftofce but to the

ot

ofthe

that I

accepted

said

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a lawyer,

I

and

tn

us at TRC. We had no

same at

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of

brought

of

query and

any consistent

f$r the

Director General

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my

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ever

larly on PD

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the

the TRC, the following funded bv their PD

and/or her corporate

I $

MAMFI, CARED, POPDFI & PASEDF

the

General

in

2010,

Director General's

briefing

scope of PDAF proi issues relating to PD

to

investigate

NGOs concerned

oftheir

funds.

cies and

of past mistakes, I

order to

1

to

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through

No.

other

Commission on

A)

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its

Management Report

PDAF

in this

as

2012

to the Board of done in the processes and

and liquidation of

the C'S

in DAF

opportunity to the NGOs

with

their

rectiff ATINEX'E'

letter directing them

and/or liq

update

dated July

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(44)

about

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linked to

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Special

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action of -03 Annex

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in at the time when

the erring NGOs. So

already d

Audit and we turned

A

projects to the

PD

one (1) year before

2L,2

another memorandum

the new rules on

for

well

requirements

as

with

(Pos),

.!

else, all these would

more

graft and corruption

my am not

now

tunded

lfrom

National

readily and the

this

COA circulars.

ofl myself involved

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a

st

to be the ano to 2010.

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fact,

investigating this

and

help t

ferret out the truth

(hat

I

BDAF

rt the :ter, I

before the OFFICE N "BONG"

for funds which he through

Lim-Napoles,

foll

my PDAF allocation

with

t in the process of

my and provide, I tn my

mce with what the for the alleged

Sen.

2C

A.

held

NGOs in the use

did not

of

AF Funds;

in the release of and ends in writing

President and on Finance and that

nothing themselves

was the

l $

the

plemented

NGOs

his

PD

I ones liable for money released to PDAF

he cannot be held

Revilla, to his

of the PD

ENCEON RECORD

FACTS,

lr., the

facts,

his

belie the

.1

As

signed

bvl Sen.

very

LEfiER to TRC dated and bearing the

foF the

refers

Code of

to the release

TRC under SARO

oo

Sen. Revilla reads in

letter

provide livelihood

uents

Surigao del Norte,

t

e

thwhile

to personally helP

would imp ng to I

forms part of the which

hereunder for ready

been

to TRC dated,Z7 Revilla

to his

AF funds release

30,2007 in the total

of SARO No. ROCS-0 the re 1, 200 amounting to Thirty t) to the Department Resource Center nd

"This dated

ion

Pesos

I ms

the

of ment units.

for

ting suppliedl

of the

which forms roduced hereunder integral part hereof

is hereto

,ina1 ring

I

q

weml

to TRC dated 16

ber

funds released under

No.

and SARO No.

each

implementation of signed by Sen. Revilla

the ambit allowed by ing beneficiaries this purpose,"

reach out

suppliedl

forms part of the

the afore-

which

for ready madei

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Apart

hereof

as A/tlItlEX

"I".

the foregoing

of the duly Cambe (signing for

and appended and

and

das

said PRoJECT

the signature and

of Sen. Revilla, Atty. appended and

.6

This is

in the

of the PDAF

dttre PROPOSALS,

Pear

of reproduced

land

7Mo

claims of Sen,

the

into by his Offtce,

TRC

ted his PDAF-tunded

-08553, as well

under

as

the

into by his Office,

TRC

ted his PDAF-tunded under

Again,

to

ended

writing

the

of

Sen. Revilla

an endorsement Senate Finance

his PDAF

and expressly state

his

the the

ring

MOAs

9

This

with the

reproduced and

the Office of Senator Office, which

la is

and 25

the

Likewise, the

which had the approve the liq

the

the

and report for

said

AF-

.10 Thus,

records of the case

fll of

reports of the

Cambe, the Chief

duly

of Sen. Revilla. In

for the

(100/o) balances/

the

and bore the of Sen. Revilla.

clearly confirm the the

hand-picked,

I

diand

implemented the

GOs,

his PDAF

tl|at it

to his

p his own

THE

ln

O

ESTRAD

the

to deny

deflect

of PDAF

which he

filed before the 13.03

,

SEN.

and

for

JINGGOY

in an apparent

ofthe hundreds of NGOS

controlled by

"Jenny"

to hide case

tush to 26

by

suppliedl

27

Sen. Estrada is

claiming

A,

on of the

had no by his

to implement

the I

which vened,

qualified

Itl is

and

the

only

the power to

his hands in the the

PD

on the

.funded projects and is

the

Agencies.

ON RECORD

the rd

to his claim, it was

and tunded

the

and

tunded

which implemented

and

choice upon TRC. E

comm

of his NGO

facts,

Estrada PD

to the TRC

he actually already

to implement his

dated April 22,2008

through SARO No. dated

to Php 25,

2008

tn

and

requested

the

be

,00,

the

SOCIAL

INC. ('SDPFF'J.

FOR F

ls hereby glven ta supentlse, slgn and and

,,proper

the subj

.ETTI d marr

letter the NGO

ich

wi

which

part ofthe records of As can be seen

r

grven

the

in courteous

the

his PDAF-funded

was

uponTRC. The :

clse is

was

i

in the subject LETTER

Sen.

about

or qualification of the

)he

picked

This f

said PRofEcT

hereunder and

claims of Sen.

) entered into by and SDP

implemented his PD

the TRC."

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Finally

a hand in MOAs

of Sen. Estrada of the Projects projects clearly and

he did his

p the

reproduced and

and

as follows:

The

the Office ofSenator

with the

Office which selected

h{reto :

the foregoing shows

it is

the primary

report

the

of percent (

by

and

to

of the funds

and

the said PDAF-tunded

ects

records of the case

{ll of

reports of

NGO

Ms.

Labayen, the duly

In

even the request for

funds for the

of Ms. Pauline

i

clearly confirm the

all

hand-picked, which

plemented the

would like to point

the Sen. Revilla and shows that they are

true in the case of the by their Offices shows that the drafu

mind,

the said

and the same person

tunded

of Sen.

what happened with

AF-

part of a grand

vto

plunder

addition

would like to point

the fo PDAF

are specifically where and how to

(within certain

same

Affiant

this for

to joining the TRC,

a

of Office of the

worked

the

fuly

AF is ch was

1,

1to fanuary 2004. version of the Supreme

[2013]

i

either ized into

e G.R,

Nos.

on Nov. 19, 2013;

that to the ),

fact

of

was in fact the reason be

Supreme

Sen,

3

and Sen. Estrada

of the NGOs proiects were at best on their parL

an 16.3

stated

when actually im

to

up on

me

projects.

any talk

of

be very

it, the

TRCby

PDAF-tunded

choice of the said

for the

at all and there

fact, TRC

J

16.5 above, during

or registration were practically legislators

Revilla

$

and Estrada that NGOs

unbelievable. As

tunded shown

by the LETTERS,

said

ORANDUM OF

,ECT

and/or their

sent

selected

implemented the

and

show

which

the

it was their tunded by their

PDAFS.

of

regards Counter-

off

t5,2

Sen.

to the

in that:

Paragraph 6

of his i

that in at least

Whether

and in a separate

with

about the documents

which I

Sen. Revilla, they in

Office

to the

who signed the same, that

it

in the

fact

documents and the by their Offfice.

the said

claim

that fraud may

ice in

and disposition of

nce

can

if

once or twice only.

over a period of

the fact

his entire

years,

for

his Office

1

PDAF

of millions if not

rfs of

certainly makes

claim

utterly conceding that Sen. claim is

their hands of their

and Atty.

Revilla's PDAF-tunded

claim 5

to the docu as stated

my as

uty

Sen. fuan Ponce

ir! his

thereof wherein he

lrhat

of Staf debunked

of the

;the

is simply not true

I

to Sen. Enrile's Chief

me this.hfl 2Ot4 at Multi-

day of exhibiting to me his

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