House Speaker and Philippine Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) Chairperson Alan Peter Cayetano proclaimed his readiness to partake in any probe on the country’s hosting of the 2019 SEA Games. He will respond to each criticism thrown on the matter at the proper forum after said international sports event.
Cayetano, as he gave his statements, left a challenge to Senators Franklin Drilon and Panfilo Lacson. “E kaming tatlo ni Senator Lacson at Senator Drilon, December 12, date tayo, lie detector test kung kumita ako ng singko sa projects na hinawakan ko. ‘Di ba? Dito sa SEA Games. Tanungin ko rin kayo kung kumita din kayo. Have anyone of them, has Senator Drilon or Senator Lacson condemned the fake news? ‘Di ba? Regaluhan ko sila lahat ng chicken sausage e, tapos sabihin nila kikiam” (The three of us Senator Lacson and Senator Drilon take a lie detector test on December 12 to determine if I earned PHP0.05 from the projects I manned in relation to the SEA Games. I shall also ask you if you earned. Have anyone of them, has Senator Drilon or Senator Lacson condemned the fake news? Right? I shall give them a chicken sausage as present, then they call it kikiam), rebutted Cayetano.
The PHISGOC lead also answered Lacson’s simile on the funds of the SEA Games auspices to the case of Janet Lim Napoles whom is known across online literature as the “pork barrel queen.”Tanong mo nga kay Senator Lacson ‘yong account n’ya. Hindi ba sa account n’ya galing din sa gobyerno para sa opisina n’ya? So, pareho ba ng Napoles ‘yon? E private ‘yong account n’ya ‘di ba? Pero dahil senador s’ya, may fund s’ya na nili-liquidate with the signature. So, is that also Napoles?” (You ask with Senator Lacson about his account. Is it not from his account which also originated from the state, where it can be gotten for his office? Is that similar to Napoles? His account is private, right? But because he is a senator, he has a fund that is liquidated with the signature. Ergo, is that also Napoles?), Cayetano advanced.
The House Speaker, with regard to negative information about the sports event, stated that some do cascade fake news to downgrade the Philippine government. On this note, he forewarned said individuals, “Humanda din kayo sa imbestigasyon kasi in-a-unmask ko rin kayo” (You get ready for the investigation because I shall unmask you).
At the end, Cayetano called on the plebs to support the Filipino athletes participating in the SEA Games.
