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the representation to be made by the law firm, known as the Venable LLP. “The Philippine government has identified specific tasks which Venable will undertake and use best effort to accomplish. #1 secure grants or congressional earmarks for support of the Charter Change initiative of the President of the Philippines which would reshape the form of government in the Philippines from its current structure into a Parlimentary Federal System. Part of such grant will be used for the much needed engineering of the bureaucracy to recover large estimated losses from acts of corruption in government inefficiency.” Did you study that particular provision of the Venable Contract? ATTY. ANSELMO CADIZ: Yes sir, I did. JUSTICE CAPULONG: Will you kindly give us your opinion as a legal expert on the legality and constitutionality of that provision? ATTY. ANSELMO CADIZ: Sir, I believe that ah…this ah… particular provision of this contract as I previously said is not only illegal but it is worst unconstitutional. JUSTICE CAPULONG: Why do you say that Atty. Cadiz? Will you please state your legal or constitutional basis for saying that this is both illegal and unconstitutional. ATTY. ANSELMO CADIZ: Sir in Article 9, Section C5 of the Constitution states and if I may quote verbatim “financial contributions from foreign governments and their agencies or political parties or organizations, coalitions or candidates related to elections constitute interference in national affairs and when accepted shall be an additional ground for the cancellation of the registration with the Commission on Election in addition to other penalties that maybe prescribed by law. Likewise, sir, in the Preamble of the Constitution states “The state shall pursue an independent foreign policy in its relations with other states the paramount consideration shall be national sovereignty, territorial integrity, national interest, and the right to self determination. As regards Article 9, Section C5 although it specifically refers to political parties or during elections by the doctrine of necessary implication I believe that more so the government cannot source money or ask money or ask for contributions to alter the fundamental law of the land which is our constitution, in which the effect I think sir is a blatant and an unabashed interference in the creation or crafting of the fundamental law of the land which is our constitution and that its relation to the Preamble of the Constitution because I believe we cannot have an independent foreign policy, nor, can we say, that we 168
have our national sovereignty, our national interest and our national pride, if a foreign government, specifically, the only super power of the world, the United States of America would fund and therefore, interfere in the crafting of our constitution. That is my humble opinion, sir. JUSTICE CAPULONG: Would you consider this particular undertaking Venable LLP as an infringement on the national sovereignty of the Filipino people as enshrined in our Constitution? ATTY. ANSELMO CADIZ: Definitely so sir, because, ah… as we know the Constitution would be the mother of all our laws. Every statute or enactment would be in consonance with the constitution, and, therefore, if the foreign power has interfered into the making of the Constitution, our national sovereignty is seriously imperilled. JUSTICE CAPULONG: Would you consider the act of entering into this contract given the provisions that I read as a culpable violation of the Constitution? ATTY. ANSELMO CADIZ: I believe so sir. JUSTICE CAPULONG: On the base of this contract, first of all this contract was signed in behalf of the Philippine Government by Mr. Norberto Gonzales and let me read to you what his designation and authority was when he signed this contract? Agreed to and accepted for the Philippine Government, Norberto B. Gonzales, signed. On the base of this contract would you consider this contract as an act of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. ATTY. JOSE ANSELMO CADIZ: Definetly, so sir, because the National Security Adviser is a cabinet secretary and it is fundamental in our law that the cabinet secretary is the alter ego of the President and unless expressly repudiated by the President herself then, this act of entering into a contract with Venable is considered to be the act of the President herself. JUSTICE CAPULONG: … the contract provides that the Philippine Government will pay Venable LLP the sum of US$75,000 every month and that the contract required the Philippine Government to make an advance payment of three (3) months amounting to US$225,000. It has been admitted by Mr. Gonzales that such amount is in fact been paid. Now, would you consider the amount paid as lost money in the sense that it can no longer be recovered. ATTY. JOSE ANSELMO CADIZ: Yes, sir. Because under the contract itself although there’s a provision of the termination of the contract, the Philippine Government is mandated to give 90 169
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(including her former boyfriend T/S
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“Louie” in Garci Tapes, commitm
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directly possible through President
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For the Secretary’s consideration
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NORTH COTABATO Governor Emmanuel Pi
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xxx xxx xxx In the group’s press
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B. Implementation of Electoral Frau
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Some opposition sources sat that Do
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7. Also, according to Doble, there
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men at the San Carlos Seminary guar
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sabihin sa lahat na wala po silang
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MS. SANTOS. MIG 21 po. SEN. PIMENTE
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THE CHAIRMAN. Paki-describe mo nga
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MS. SANTOS. Galing kami ng San Carl
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MS. SANTOS. Opo. (ibid., VI-1, 10:5
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MS. SANTOS. Telepono po. Minsan sa
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MS. SANTOS. Po? SEN. ENRILE. Anong
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Committee on National Defense, Janu
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13. For the duration of our stay an
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ending in the possession of Atty. S
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and another witness. She was able t
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MS. SANTOS. Opo. … SEN. LIM. Baki
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MR. ZUCE. Mayroon na po. Mayroon na
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“Male: Hello. Female: Hello. Male
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One” 13 that the FPJ camp will fi
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I come in compliance of a Senate su
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all armed forces unit commanders we
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We were receiving complaints from a
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xxx xxx xxx MR. GUDANI. He was desi
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MR. GUDANI. Mr. Chairman, I am arri
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the last national - local elections
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Code 1: O sige, ok.” Garci Tapes
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Ruben: Hindi naman pumupunta, pero
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intonation of the spoken (or sung)
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Mendoza, and after him, Namfrel Lan
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officemates were sent in his behalf
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Garcillano told me about them and a
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MR. ZUCE. ‘Yong una po, namigay d
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MR. ZUCE. Opo. SEN. OSMEÑA. So bal
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MR. ZUCE. Siyempre po, marami pong
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3. On May 11, 2004, I was asked by
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success of GMA. When Com. Virgilio
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MR ZUCE. Ang madalas ho naming kaus
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sinasabi mo? Iyon lang narinig mo.
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“slacken” his otherwise very st
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MR. BALUTAN. In the first place, I
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For what purpose do you feel did Co
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To cite just five (5) more examples
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kinds of fraud, lahat ng klase ng c
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Election Returns at saka COC. We re
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ibig sabihin kailangang huwag natin
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affirming portions of their testimo
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JUSTICE CAPULONG: Mayroon po ba kay
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small to be the thumbprint of an ad
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The Commission on Elections has adm
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which every Filipino can glean for
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Q: And they were indeed having a co
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Page 171 and 172: CONCLUSION Massive electoral fraud,
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Page 203: Recommendations It is respectfully
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