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FINAL REPORT - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

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CHAIRMAN G.C. REMULLA. Hindi…paki… Sa inyong<br />

pagkakaintindi, ano ba ho iyon? Pakisagot lang po ng<br />

tanong. Ito ba ho ay suhol o donation, sa inyong<br />

pagkakaintindi?<br />

MR. DOBLE. Hindi ko po alam, Your Honor.<br />

CHAIRMAN G.C. REMULLA. Tinanggap po ninyo, ano ho ang<br />

ibig sabihin noon? Ito ba ay para sa inyo ay isang<br />

donation o suhol? Napakasimple po. Ano ba ho ang<br />

nasa isipan ninyo?<br />

MR. DOBLE. Ang pagkasabi lang po ni Atty. Ong ay para sa<br />

akin, Your Honor.<br />

CHAIRMAN G.C. REMULLA. So, para ho doon, sa palagay<br />

ninyo, donasyon ba ho iyon?<br />

MR. DOBLE. Maaari po, Your Honor.<br />

CHAIRMAN G.C. REMULLA. Sa palagay ba ho ninyo suhol<br />

iyon?<br />

MR. DOBLE. Hindi ko rin po alam, Your Honor.” (T/Sgt. Vidal<br />

Doble, t.s.n., Joint Hearing of House of Representatives<br />

Committee on Public In<strong>for</strong>mation with Committees on<br />

Public Order and Safety, National Defense and Security,<br />

In<strong>for</strong>mation Communications Technology, and Suffrage and<br />

Electoral Re<strong>for</strong>ms, July 6, 2005; emphasis supplied)<br />

July 7, 2005 – having gotten wind of the impending resignation of several key and<br />

Cabinet officials, President Arroyo ordered all cabinet members to resign 41<br />

July 8, 2005 – ten cabinet members and other officials (the “Hyatt 10”) resigned<br />

-- the Makati Business Club called on President Arroyo to resign<br />

-- the Catholic Bishops Conference of the <strong>Philippine</strong>s adopted neutrality<br />

-- the House of Representatives issued three subpoenas to Garcillano 42 ; all were<br />

ignored<br />

41<br />

“In an apparent move to preempt desertion by her key Cabinet members, President Macapagal-Arroyo last night<br />

demanded the resignation of her Cabinet to allow her to initiate constitutional amendments and declared she would<br />

not give in to demands that she step aside.<br />

xxx xxx xxx<br />

‘So what resignation are they going to announce tomorrow when they have all been considered resigned,’ the source<br />

said.” (“GMA tells cabinet: Quit,” Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. and Christian V. Esguerra, PDI, July 8, 2005)<br />

42<br />

served at his residence in Cagayan de Oro and a condominium, and a farm in Bukidnon<br />

123

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