Press Release - Transcript of Interview of Senator Joel Villanueva

Q: On the Al Jazeera video?

Senator Joel Villanueva (SJV): Well, una pwede nating tignan yan ngunit hindi yan yung magiging basehan ng ating committee report. Kaming mga senador alam na namin yan lalo na yung medyo matatagal na rito no? Hindi tayo nag-iimbestiga just to get someone else's report or conclusion. Dapat may sarili tayo dito gaya ng patuloy at kayo yung saksi na lagi nating sinasabi doon sa mga govt agencies whether NBI, PAOCC, DOJ, BI, na sila mismo ipakita nila sa atin kung ano yung information gathering nila, how they appraise this information, what kind of protocols they are applying diba? Every hearing na lang ipinaalala ko yan na isubmit nila nang sa gayon ma-assess natin at malaman paano ba yung thought process nila, paano nila nasusundan yung pangyayari, paano nila inaayos yung verification ng kanilang information because until now wala tayong concrete report as to how they were able to leave the country. So yun lang importante ito hindi tayo dapat umasa at hindi dapat natin paniwalaan en toto yung mga sinasabi whether this is an international news outlet, ito ay galing sa ibang bansa na mga intel reports, etc. Dapat may sarili tayo, may sarili tayong bansa eh. Pakita natin na kaya nating gampanan yung ating tungkulin. So again this is I don't want to use the word slap in our faces dun sa nangyari ulit na pag alis ni Alice at kung sino man sya. Dapat meron tayong sarili na ginagawa at kayang suportahan ng ating mga information most especially our conclusion na ito talaga yung nangyari. Kayang suportahan because we know what we are doing.

Q: Hindi pa off the table na posibleng spy nga si Alice?

SJV: Hindi naman natin sinasabing hindi siya spy but we are just saying we cannot make that conclusion right away. We just wanted to make sure that we did our own investigation and make sure our investigation, out information gathering actually works.

Q: Kung sakaling tatakbo si Alice for reelection, anong reaksyon nyo?

SJV: That's absurd, because number 1, yung birth certificate niya proven na peke. Number 2 proven sa kanyang fingerprints and all other things na nakita ng NBI na iisa si Guo Hua Ping at si Alice Guo. So paano mo naman, yung ebidensya