Press Release - Transcript of Senator Alan Cayetano's Manifestation

Magandang Hapon Mr Chairman again to our esteemed guests we are very very honored to have all of you and parang extended po talaga ang service niyo sa bansa. Everytime you think that you've retired or that you've been given all, you're called back. So thank you for that.

Sirs, I think we can really debate on facts. Dapat nga walang debate sa facts kasi fact siya. Pero in a world of false news, alternative facts, nagdi-disagree din tayo sa facts.

Especially if it's statistics then hindi siya facts. We definitely have to debate on opinion and it's always good to hear each other's opinion. But I think dapat walang debate sa principle.

Kasi hindi mo mababasag o mababali yung principle. You cannot really na magtatanim ako ng mangga and then you expect santol yung bunga. Kasi kung ano ang itanim mo, yun ang iyong, so let me look at it at a different perspective.

As a christian, I believe the holy spirit inspired the bible and you cannot amend the bible. So I tell to people if you don't want to believe the bible, I respect you. If you believe other holy books, I respect you.

But don't try to amend the bible because that to me is what God wrote. No one is saying don't amend the Constitution because no one said it's not a perfect document. But what is the underlying principle behind the Constitution and why did the makers of the Constitution make it difficult to amend the Constitution? And Sir feel free to correct me after this statement.

Correct me or elaborate. Because the underlying principle all throughout history, it started with Adam and Eve, and even before that it started with lucifer who rebelled against God and then Adam and Eve who did not follow God. Nimrod was a brilliant leader and he wanted to erect the Tower of Babel to reach heaven.

And the principle was simple, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. So if you're gonna ask me my personal stand, meron pong kapareho nung ating distinguished guests tonight, meron din pong iba. For example po, one thing we are not talking about is the elephant in the room is actually political reforms.