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00:00 Jeff Tumbado returned the allegation that he had a trust in the LTFRB that reached Malacanang.
00:07 It seems that the situation has been reversed because he is now being followed by some transport groups
00:12 that are being transferred to the agency's warehouse.
00:15 Here is my report.
00:16 I'm used to the cases.
00:19 Two days after he appeared as a whistleblower of the trust in the LTFRB that reached the DOTR and Palacio,
00:27 Jeff Tumbado, the former head executive assistant of the suspended LTFRB chair Teofilo Guadis III, suddenly changed.
00:34 Earlier, he released an affidavit of recantation.
00:37 This was the accusation that was made by his public apology to Guadis,
00:41 Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista, and the Office of the President.
00:45 He has no intention of hurting anyone.
00:48 He did not mean what was said in the press con on Monday,
00:52 which was the result of impulse, irrational thinking, and poor decision-making.
00:56 He was just mocked by some people who were affected by his judgment.
01:00 But he still claims that there are problems in the agency that needs to be investigated.
01:05 It seems that the situation has been reversed.
01:07 Tumbado, who should have been a whistleblower, is now being followed by some transport groups in the warehouse of the LTFRB.
01:13 In the press con of some transport groups earlier, they said that Tumbado, not Guadis, is the one who is being harassed.
01:20 Ben Herminor of the transport group SV3 said that more than P300,000 was paid to Tumbado to fix the broken franchise.
01:29 It's like he just took money and left it to you. It's like that.
01:34 Zaldi Pingay of the group Stop and Go was being followed by Tumbado.
01:39 He said that it's for the chairman's schedule.
01:42 I know that it's for him. So he should be quiet.
01:46 In a Viber message, Tumbado said that he will file a case of libel against those who accused him.
01:51 Transportation Secretary Bautista said that they are explaining to Guadis that he hasn't talked to him yet.
01:58 We gave him three days since Monday. We'll have to make a decision whether to terminate him or file a case against him.
02:08 He talked to Tumbado this morning.
02:10 Mar Balbuena said that he's just doing his job. He said that he's not saying that I'm involved in this.
02:19 He also said that he's not saying that Malacanang and the congressmen are involved in this.
02:25 The lawyers of Bautista are studying the filing of a case against Tumbado and Mar Balbuena of the Manibela group,
02:32 which is accompanied by Tumbado in the press con.
02:34 Balbuena said that he will file a complaint with the PNP-CIDG on the allegations of harassment and threats by Bautista.
02:43 Why didn't they talk to the whistleblower? Why are we the ones he's being angry with?
02:49 [Music]