Press Release
January 18, 2010

STATEMENT OF LIBERAL PARTY PRESIDENT SENATOR MAR ROXAS ON THE ENRILE REPORT ON THE C-5 CASE

"I congratulate my colleagues in the Senate for adhering to the rule of law.

"It is with pride that I salute those who have vigilantly stood up for the integrity of the institution, which we have vowed to protect, withstanding pressures from colleagues who wanted to do otherwise.

"Now, the Senate can move on with its legislative agenda and set aside bitter political bickering that has side-tracked its law-making duties.

"The Committee of the Whole report reflects the diligence and thoroughness that Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile exercised in evaluating the arguments, evidence and testimonies presented related to the case. It is now an official report with the signature of 12 senators affixed to it.

(As per media reports, those who have signed the report of the Senate Committee of the Whole are the following: Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senators Panfilo Lacson, Jamby Madrigal, Edgardo Angara, Noynoy Aquino, Mar Roxas, Chiz Escudero, Richard Gordon, Rodolfo Biazon and Francis Pangilinan.)

"Public office is a public trust. We have stood against the Arroyo administration's abuse of executive privilege in its attempt to shackle the Senate in probing its anomalies - we will stand against any similar attempt by anybody else in power."

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