Senator Peter Cayetano said the
statement to the Makati Mayor Erwin Binay Jr.’s on its move questioning authority
of Senate blue ribbon subcommittee that summon him with no legal basis.
“I’m waiting for them and hoping
magpaliwanag sila. We’ll give them an opportunity pero kung hindi, mapipilitan
sigurong umabot na ang committee ay umorder ng arrest nila,” Senator Cayetano
told the reporters.
The Makati Mayor Binay snubbed the
said hearing, the same with his secretary Baloloy, who submitted letter
questioning the Philippine jurisdictional authority. The finance officer Limlingan,
was nowhere to be found.
“Lahat ng pwedeng i-subpoena at hindi sinunod ang subpoena, ang proseso dun, bibigyan sila ng prosesong ipaliwanag tapos pwede na silang ipaaresto. Kapangyarihan ito ng Kongreso. 'Pag binalewala ito ng isang tao, baka balewalain na ito ng ibang mga tao,” Cayetano said.
Vice President Jejomar Binay was invited to
the hearing but he also did not attend, citing a full schedule.
“Walang legal basis 'yung pag-question niya ng jurisdiction. At ako ay nagtataka na pagkatapos ng napakalakas na dating ng kanyang ama na hindi sila nagtatago, na open sila sa lifestyle check, e hindi siya a-attend. Kung handa silang humarap sa hearing, bakit sila tumatalikod o hindi nag-a-appear? Nagmimistulang untouchable ang Binay sa ating bansa,” senator said.
Senator Pimentel Jr. said that they will deal
with mayor Binay’s letter questioning subcommittee’s jurisdiction later.
“We will refer this to our lawyers
to study and deal with it later on,” he said.
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