THERE has to be at least one of them telling the truth. While JDV III claims that Neri told him about his conversation with the President regarding the so-called offer of Chairman Abalos in order to have the NBN project approved, Neri counters with a completely opposite stance, saying that what JDV III claims is completely untrue. So now, it is left to us: who is telling the truth?
Better yet, what is the truth? This question seems to always escape the minds of many whistleblowers as well as witnesses, left and right. It is like a neverending cycle of a thesis and an antithesis. Whistle blowers tend to claim that they are the ones telling the truth. Does that mean that those people who are supposedly guilty of the accusation are kings and queens of denial?
One can see how easy it is to just say what you want to say and when you want to say it. In any case, the only way for the Senate to make its hearings of the NBN scandal worth one’s time and effort is if the people who are involved in the procedings (i.e. witnesses, whistleblowers, interrogators) truly have one thing in mind: to tell the truth by first stating what is really the truth!
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November 6th, 2007 at 8:50 am
i think they are only telling only partial truth. one is only angry maybe because after losing the bidding he finds out that other people got bigger share than his. i’m sure he was offered an amount to back out or intentionally lost the bidding. i’ve heard of this many times in government biddings…you are offerd a certain amount to give way.
the other one naman is afraid to tell so he just mention names that can be drop like abalos. kasi if he’s not afraid of arroyo why not tell what she said when he told her that he was bribed…did she said “kulang ba? gusto mo taasan ko? or kung ayaw mo wag mo kunin pero kailangan mo sya iapprove..”or “wag mo kunin masama yan” etc…
November 1st, 2007 at 12:04 pm
i am wary of jdv3’s testimony. what if he got the project, would he be as transparent and above-board in his dealings like now that he lost?
would he not be guilty of doling out “for the boys” too, just like any other deals in gov’t if he won? how were his deals w/ the govt. in the past? just asking.
October 31st, 2007 at 3:23 pm
The simple truth was that GMA just instructed NERI to approve the NBN project despite of the bribery allegations.
No wonder NERI was scared to death of reveling the whole truth by invoking executive privilege.
Simple logic: The one who invokes the executive privilege is the one who is hiding the truth.
October 29th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Half truth is not the Truth! Sec Neri!
October 28th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
It may not be easy to establish who is telling the truth on the NBN Project. I believe it is easy to establish if it is OVERPRICED!
Shouldn’t somebody be punished for even just PROPOSING a project that is grossly OVERPRICED in the BILLIONS of Pesos? More so to the one APPROVING it!