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COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RraaoN)
Atty. Rodolfo Noel S. Quimbo Director General

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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

Roon

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Sd,Ftoor, Scn.te ofth PilllpDlncs,

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Roxas

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

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bloo.lbbon@smte.gov.ph

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General

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General

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I

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Act (cAA)
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.

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of former Director
supervised the
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cally supervision of all PD

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s

reported directly to

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we (myself and
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being plemented by TRC by

of

to

be

of
the

the
M

to process the same

recognized then as a

of

the
fees.

of Management

completion of
Office Circular

authority as Deputy
which
set at

the Director General

thousand pesos [P1 ) only.
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million

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Director General
Guidelines

i_ssued

PDAF

where
tn

limits which he

fusly

out and
of PDAF in the Center.

office Ortiz ted

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others, that no PDAF

of

Agreement

MOA shall be

held

by

then T

Services (TLIDS) being reviewed by

and
Services
ls
G

Manager of the
rancisco Figura, and

by the Director
Deputy Director

0rtiz.

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7, 2007

Director General

is$ued

slightly the
on
and
PD

the

points on

for PDAF projects.

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Director General
amended Ofrfice
Said Memorandum

Authoriqy''

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i[lion was
a

amount exceeding
Memorandum, this
General. The M

Authority (Box

C)

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ing my possible
related projects was
Director General Ortiz Because

on in the

of this,

ects except in the

of the vouchers,
particularly,
could not sign

; and

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game

copy

t copy

said

acts

of Director
tO PDAF fuNdCd

my
and
and

isterial duty of
documents
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to the
on issued
an

ln

Director General
Memorandum signatory related proiects.

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actually

fuAF
I

projects

by the

lsu
I

and and/or

by the
pssG
GM

Director

s Legal Department
s Legislative Liaison the if nes who actually dealt

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as well as the

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documents relating when I acted as Ol

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times when
duty to

did

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of the

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and only after

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N

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on the proi

fail to deliver or falsify

to implement.

first time
these

AF-funded projects

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at the

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uced herself as Jenny

visited
DOTC

or 2007, accompanied

ihen
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the

)
of
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tive of certain for their PDAF-funded
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would from

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expect TRC to

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by the

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NGOs

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particularly,

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srnce

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the

or the
told

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talk to involved

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ltwas

the PDAF

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n,

lanet Lim-Napoles,

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that in any

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a$

the lem

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secunng

relating to the
office.

if ever

to her to talk to the

General

the Legal not to

(i.e', 'i

of me, Mrs. Napoles

use

in the
cared of

it

has already

apoles further told me

would shortly
projects.

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of the NGOs to
the legislators'

I
$

enough, recetve

s visit, the TRC

us that they have

part of
have

for
or that
by the

implemented by the
PDAF-tunded and Management

fact

that during the years

when
office
occasions

2009, the fact were

personal

was not around and of Director General

to
there

to receive visi
representatives for coursed through the
among the staff
because these

or

ups from

of the followcalls or
are

their
visits

PD

the officials the the

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refered

oft

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u

NGOs

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the TRC
name I

certain .DE

herself as "Belen",

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during

of

NGO named

familiar with her

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the

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enc

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an

to ask that
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GOs were tasked to

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of the
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t
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prol ready

their

-1,

the Bureau of

those

was required to
out of prudence and

toP
caution, was

veriff

signatures and

letters
received
issued

landline numbers.
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we
and the

and/or their
Staff

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lilGOs

t letter in favor of
through the

they

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ready

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r
work
use of
-change

proiects and to

release for financial plan.

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work

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and

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my position, d and/or making

or their staff
up on the release the absence of
he was hosting a

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and

follow

for the
Ortiz,

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remember a certain
project initiated by

tried to
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indeed
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for and in behalf
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lryas I

to Atty.
and

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drd A.
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implementation of

to me the fact that implement his

and he
PD

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able to

that now that I have

him, expediti n by Sen.

of said

NGO

now
said

I did not expect

merely replied to him

lam

myiob.

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time the

the staff at TRC

me

of Senator luan
signatories,

Enrile
f4ssica

ority of

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to
chosen.

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o Evangelista,

as

submitted in
AF funds to an NGO,

rt
Sen.

of his
the

listed number of
Reyes, who was then

office,

to

of
Atty.
I was

with me that she

were Atry. by
use

Enrile. I know
the officially listed
she introduced

of Sen. E

called

to me.

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the
PD

in

the

's authority to sign or, and

ffice of Senator Enrile. In fact,

and
e

signed the Mem

proposal and the d
Enrile's PDAF-funded

um

of

rlents
jects.

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forget

time when

GOs,

to our office to foll

funded

and

elr

at the TRC end

our meetin& in
to
his approve the said

an

the offices of

.4

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gave

,tially
his ol he and

some people on the

me to talk to Sen.

line, and and

was

Estrada.

fer

vivi

how both Senators

admon

becaus

they thought that

Senators Revilla

ioieas.
l

the

jhonor

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they

to imp

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respective projects.

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their
actors

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Senators

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whose

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me,

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their
Local

with. Likewise, they -funded projects

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said projects, as

which

for

itheir
PDAF.

should implement

uent and persistent tatives of legislators

and/or
us to

personally or through
of their PDAF

ue and

upon us. To us

le and

iust the letter of

a proj

'or
rnic

is enough to cause

since

know for a fact that

functions over our

.7

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true when
PDAF

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directly talk
proiects.
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cs or qs to
Btate,

tactics exerted by and

Congressmen

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the of us
-funded

of their
TRC to process and on

our initial misgivings

the

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AF

On

part
the most

ofthe Congress
the time, it was the
on the status of
and transfer of
and

who
sought

their

remember the
r{lease

representatives even
Center for the to their

.9

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like

Congressman

pardo
the

even checks

ole day at the

NGO partner.

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a

to
I

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the the

in the selection of to the Government

to

t
to
orirly to
rrylell as

or General Ortiz
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.11

further told me that

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are

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the

of the legislators,
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are to be spent and this

said

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to

of the
General

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had no cftofce but to
the
Because

and

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that I
said

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ot

a lawyer,

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us at TRC. We had no

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oftheir
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cies and

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DAF

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ATINEX'E'

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for

the new rules on

requirements
(Pos),

well

as

with

COA circulars.

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am not tunded National

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graft and corruption

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a

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to be the ano to 2010.

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:ter, I

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myself involved

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st

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readily
and the

and

help t

ferret out the truth

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for funds which he

through foll
Lim-Napoles,

my PDAF allocation

with
my and provide, I tn my
held

t in the process of
mce with what the for the alleged

2C

Sen.

A.

did not
AF Funds;

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of

in the release of and ends in writing

President and
on Finance and that

nothing

was the

themselves
NGOs

l
$

the

plemented

his

PD

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ones liable for
money released to
PDAF

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of the PD

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foF the

FACTS,

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belie the his

facts,

.1

As

bvl
Sen.

very

LEfiER to TRC dated

and bearing the

signed

Code of

refers

to the release

oo

TRC under SARO

letter

Sen. Revilla reads in

thwhile

would imp ng to
t

to personally helP

provide livelihood
Surigao del Norte,

uents

forms part of the which

been

hereunder for ready

to TRC dated,Z7
Revilla

to his

AF funds release

30,2007 in the total

"This dated

ion

Pesos

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

I
ms

of
ment units.

for

ting suppliedl

of the
is hereto

which forms
roduced hereunder integral part hereof

,ina1
ring
I

to TRC dated 16
funds released under
and SARO No.

ber
No.

weml
each

implementation of
signed by Sen. Revilla

reach out

the ambit allowed by ing beneficiaries this purpose,"

suppliedl

the afore-

forms part of the

which
madei

for ready
hereof
as A/tlItlEX

"I".

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Apart

the foregoing

of the duly
Cambe (signing for

and

and appended 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, into by his Offtce,

the
TRC

ted his PDAF-tunded

under

-08553, as well

as

the
TRC

into by his Office,

ted his PDAF-tunded

under

Again, ended

to

the

of

Sen. Revilla

his

writing

an endorsement
Senate Finance

the the

his PDAF

and expressly state

ring

MOAs

reproduced and

This

the Office of Senator Office, which

la is

with the

and
25

the the

Likewise, the

which had the approve the liq

and report for

the
said

AF-

.10 Thus,

records of the case

fll of

reports of
the
Cambe, the Chief

duly
for the

of Sen. Revilla. In
(100/o) balances/

the

and bore the

of Sen. Revilla.

clearly confirm the the

GOs,

tl|at it
I

hand-picked,

diand

implemented the

his PDAF

to his

p
his own filed before the
13.03
and

THE

ln the deflect

SEN.

JINGGOY

ESTRAD

in an apparent

to deny

for

ofthe hundreds of
NGOS

of PDAF
"Jenny"

which he

controlled by

to hide
case

tush to
26

by

suppliedl

27

Sen. Estrada is

claiming

A,

had no
by his

on of the

to implement

the I
qualified

which vened,

Itl is

the

and

only

the power to

his hands in the

the
on the
PD

.funded projects and is

Agencies.

the

ON RECORD

the
rd
and tunded and comm

facts,

to his claim, it was

which implemented
choice upon TRC. E

the

Estrada
PD

to the TRC

of his
and
NGO

he actually already

to implement his

tunded

dated April 22,2008

through SARO No.

dated 2008

to Php 25,
requested

,00,

tn
be FOR F

and

the

the

SOCIAL

INC. ('SDPFF'J.

ls hereby glven ta
supentlse, slgn and and

,,proper

the subj

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d marr

which

part ofthe records of

As can be seen

clse is
the the
was was
Sen.

letter
the NGO
ich

in courteous
his PDAF-funded

wi

uponTRC. The
:

grven

in the subject LETTER

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

of Sen. Estrada of the Projects projects clearly and

he did his

a hand in
MOAs

p
the
and

reproduced and
as follows:

h{reto
:

The

the Office ofSenator

Office which selected

with the

the foregoing shows

it is
to
and
ects

the primary
of the funds

report

the said PDAF-tunded

records of the case

{ll of
NGO

reports of
the
Ms.

Labayen, the duly even the request for

of
percent (

In

funds for the

by

and

of Ms. Pauline

all

clearly confirm the 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 mind,
shows that the drafu and the same person

the
said

what happened with

tunded

AF-

of Sen.

part of a grand

vto

plunder

addition

the fo
PDAF

would like to point

are specifically where and how to

that
to
the
),

same

(within certain this for

a

Affiant
worked

to joining the TRC,

of Office of the fuly
1,

fact

of

the
AF is ch was

1to fanuary 2004.

version of the
Supreme

[2013]
ized into

either

e G.R,

Nos.

on Nov. 19, 2013;

was in fact the reason

Supreme
3

be
Sen,

and Sen. Estrada

of the NGOs
proiects were at best
an on their parL

stated

16.3

16.5 above, during

PDAF-tunded

when actually im

to

me

up on

for the
projects.

choice of the said

fact, TRC any talk

at all and there or registration were practically legislators

of
it, the Revilla

be very

TRCby

$
NGOs

and Estrada that

implemented the

tunded shown said

,ECT

unbelievable. As
by the LETTERS,
ORANDUM OF

sent and
selected
PDAFS.

and/or their
show the

it was their
tunded by their

which

regards Counter-

of t5,2

Sen.

in
that:

Paragraph 6

of his
i

off

to the

Whether

that in at least with

and in a separate about the documents
Office Sen. Revilla, they in

which I

to the

who signed the same,

that

fact

it

in the

documents and the

by their Offfice.

the said

claim
ice in

that fraud may

and disposition of
once or twice only.

can

nce

if

the fact
years,

over a period of

his entire
for

PDAF

of millions if not

rfs of
claim

his Office
utterly

certainly makes

conceding that Sen.

claim is and Atty.

their hands of their

Revilla's PDAF-tunded

claim
5

Sen. fuan Ponce

ir! his
lrhat

thereof wherein he
of Staf debunked is simply not true to Sen. Enrile's Chief

to the
docu
as stated

my
as

uty

of the

;the
I

me this.hfl
2Ot4 at Multi-

day of exhibiting to me his

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