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00:00Meanwhile, first on the update on the ongoing investigation of the House Squad Committee, we will interview Surigao del Norte representative and House Squad Committee lead chairman, Robert Ace Barbers.
00:11Cong, good morning.
00:13Hello. Good morning Ivan. Good morning to all my fellow countrymen.
00:18Yes. Thank you for joining us this morning Congressman. First, do you have information on where the former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque is?
00:27Until now, there is no information from the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives.
00:34We will ask for feedback again within the day and hopefully, we will have information on where Atty. Roque is.
00:44But are we sure that the arrest order against him has been issued? Because his claim is that no one has been able to reach him yet.
00:53That's it. We are wondering. We interviewed Secretary General Rex T. Velasco the other day, where he said that he did not accept that Harry Roque is in the law office in Makati.
01:10So I guess if that's the case, maybe he's just delivering to the residents. So we will coordinate closely with the Sergeant-at-Arms.
01:19Yes. If he's not arrested, if he wouldn't show up, what will be the next step of the Quadcom?
01:29Well, he needs to meet with us for the next scheduled Quadcom hearing on illegal fogos.
01:38We tentatively scheduled it on Wednesday that we will invite Atty. Harry Roque, Alice Goh, Cassandra Ong and other personalities.
01:53Hopefully, it will be the last hearing of the Quadcom. As long as we can submit the documents requested by the members,
02:02Atty. Harry Roque and other information that may come from Alice Goh and Cassandra Ong, maybe that's enough for us to make a committee report.
02:17Cong, what is your comment on what the former presidential spokesperson, Harry Roque, said?
02:23He said that the police or prosecution will not find any evidence that can be used against him for illegal fogos.
02:30That's his claim. But based on the discussion of the Quad members, especially the questions of Congresswoman Jane Quilowistro,
02:41the questions of Congressman Roger Gutierrez, the questions of Congressman Ortega and Congressman Concon,
02:49these documents are needed to prove that Atty. Harry Roque has nothing to do with the illegal proceeds from illegal fogos.
03:03The question that I'm asking him is, where did he get the capital from, from the Deancham Corporation that he owns and his family owns?
03:24If this is proven, based on his statement that he sold his land to his family in a multinational subdivision in Paranaque,
03:36which is 1.8 hectares, and other transactions, we can see and prove that it's not from the illegal fogo hub of Locky South 99.
03:51Our colleagues are saying that he's an attorney. He's denying this, but he's an attorney here in Locky South 99.
04:04When he faced the court, he was shown a document when he raided the fogo hub. He was shown a document stating that he's a legal officer.
04:17The sudden increase of his wealth from the period of 2016 to 2019, this is the cause of the operation of the fogos.
04:29Atty. Roque is very adamant in his refusal to submit these documents because first of all, this has nothing to do with your investigation.
04:39This is a witch hunt, forcing him to submit private documents to his family.
04:45You know Ivan, he promised to give those documents. He said that voluntarily. He volunteered. He offered to give those documents.
04:56Now, he's looking for a witch hunt. Is this really true? We cannot understand.
05:04You know, it's hard when you speak outside of the quad, through social media, there will be a misunderstanding.
05:15It would be better if it's just in front of the quad, where he can say stop this witch hunt.
05:20That way, there will be a fight in front of the metro, not outside, where it will come from social media.
05:32They will post it on Facebook, they will post it on TikTok, et cetera, et cetera. That would be worse.
05:40Yes. But as it stands, how broad is Atty. Roque's connection with illegal fogos, based on what you know so far?
05:50Honestly Ivan, for me personally, I cannot speak on behalf of the members of the committee who are witnessing this.
05:59Because for me, I haven't seen... Atty. Roque is right in saying that no one is helping him.
06:13But there is a presumption, there is a circumstantial evidence that most of them are helping him.
06:25In simple words, it's like there's smoke.
06:27It's an operation of illegal fogos.
06:32Let's move to Cassandra Leong.
06:35Will the committee grant her request to be detained in a detention facility in Camara?
06:41If she didn't cooperate and didn't speak, because she mentioned that she wants to move to another detention facility,
06:52it's up to her.
06:53As for me, Ivan, I believe that statement was just said by her lawyers.
07:04According to her demeanor, in our last hearing, she wanted to speak and share information,
07:16but her lawyers stopped her.
07:20So in the last hearing, she should be given an opportunity to speak.
07:27But if she still doesn't want to speak, there's nothing we can do.
07:30We will grant her request to be detained in a detention facility or in a women's correctional.
07:38As for former President Duterte, will he be invited for a Quadcom hearing?
07:42Especially this one, he's involved in the death of three Chinese drug lords.
07:46We have an existing invitation for him.
07:50When the second Quadcom hearing on extrajudicial killings started,
07:57Congressman Benny Abante and Congressman Don Gonzalez had a motion to invite the former President.
08:05There will be an opportunity to clarify his allegations.
08:11But again, if he won't participate in this hearing, we will restrict him.
08:21Indeference to him being the former President of our country,
08:26we will give him a courtesy like that.
08:31Finally Cong, this is Alice Go. When will you plan to hold a Quadcom hearing?
08:35We have a tentative schedule this week.
08:39Hopefully, we will be given an opportunity for Alice Go to attend.
08:48If she won't cooperate, we won't be able to do anything to her.
08:52It's up to her.
08:55Hopefully, we will be given the next scheduled Quadcom hearing on Thursday.
09:04Cong, thank you very much.
09:05We have talked to Regal del Norte Representative House Quad Committee lead chairman Robert Ace Barbers.
09:10Good morning.
09:12Good morning. Thank you.
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