“I maintain as an officer of the courts and under oath before the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines that I have never acted as legal counsel for Lucky South 99 or for any other POGO,” former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said during the Senate investigation into the recently-raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) hubs in Luzon on Monday.
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00:00So even after the testimonies of Chair Tengco and Attorney Fernandez,
00:06do you still maintain that you are not a lawyer of Lucky South 99 or any other POGO for that matter?
00:14I confirm that 100 percent.
00:17And the reason is, I brought some documents.
00:21You know, the Attorney-Client Relations requires that the parties agree
00:26because it is the highest fiduciary relationship
00:29That is why the so-called Attorney-Client Privilege, even here in Congress,
00:33you will not be allowed to contempt if the Attorney-Client Privilege is invoked.
00:36Within certain limitations, of course.
00:39And to be honest, I wish I got a Lucky Star lawyer.
00:43Why? Because the raid in Porac is unconstitutional.
00:48They raided, they got a warrant of arrest from the Bulacan judge outside of jurisdiction.
00:54Excuse me, we are not investigating the raid, we are investigating…
00:58Yes, ma'am, but I'm just saying…
01:00So please just make your answer to this short because it was actually just a yes or no question.
01:05Ma'am, but ma'am, let us be fair because you have been insinuating I am a lawyer for Lucky South.
01:11That is why…
01:12Excuse me, the Chair has not been insinuating anything.
01:16The Chair and the members of the committee have been asking questions
01:20based on the testimonies, sworn testimonies of Pagkor Chertenko,
01:26Attorney Fernandez of Pagkor, and other resource persons.
01:31So the resource person will not impute any insinuation to the Chair.
01:38Will please just answer the questions that the Chair has given the resource person.
01:43Okay, Your Honor, then, in the interest of fairness,
01:47may I be allowed to dispute then the statement of the prior resource person?
01:52We will get to that in the course of the question of the Chair.
01:55Okay, so the question again, Madam Chair, is…
01:57Do you maintain that you are not a lawyer for Lucky South 99 or any POGO for that matter?
02:02I maintain as an officer of the courts and under oath before the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines
02:10that I have never acted as legal counsel for Lucky South 99 or for any other POGO.
02:16All right.