dennis cunanan's affidavit on the pork barrel scam

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Patay&tyCOMMITTEE ONOF PUBLIC OFFICERS

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Atty. Rodolfo Noel S. QuimboDirector General

FOR : All Member SenatorsBlue Ribbon CommitteeRodolfo Noel S. QuimboDirector GeneralFRM :

Upon instructions of the Chairman, Sen. Teofisto "TG" Guingona, we are herebytransmitting to you a copy of the Aflidavit of Mr. Dennis L. Cunanan, Director General,Technology Resource Center (TRC).

Please be advised that the said affidavit as submitted to the Committee is accompanied byseveral documentary attachments. Should you wish to have photocopies these attachments, a setwill be made available in Room 501 for your staffto borrow for photocopying purposes.

Thank you.

Rodolfo

I Roon 5|ll, Sd,Ftoor, Scn.te ofth PilllpDlncs, csls 8ldg., Roxas 8hd. Pasry CIV r I tol. no. 552.6601 loc. 5510, 5511; 552-6851tolrfar 55lI-6877 . En.ll [email protected]


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thousand pesos [P1) only.

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amount exceeding i[lionMemorandum, this was a

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Authority (Box C)

ing my possiblerelated projects was

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ects except in theof the vouchers,particularly,

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times when I didI did so only

duty to so, and only after

and only after

tO PDAF fuNdCd

to theeven this ministerial on

issuedan

by theby the

or even checksects but these weredocuments relating

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fail to deliver or falsifyto implement.

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for their PDAF-fundedNapoles as her

toldfrom PDAF of said

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to be

srnce PDAF-tundedsof the same would be

or thebe in a ministerial

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told

lanet Lim-Napoles,

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d to implement the

or 2007, accompanied ihenTheytime.

tive of certain

lvereRamon ?ong" fr.,

of congressmen whose I

that the TRC would

by theparticularly,

Office and thatthat if ever my office

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whofave


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because of theand checks ofTRC.

that in any case, asthey would have no

relating to theoffice.

to her to talk to theof me, Mrs. Napoles

use it has alreadyapoles further told me

of the NGOs tothe legislators'

s visit, the TRCus that they have

implemented by the NPDAF-tundedand Management

that during the yearswas not around and

of Director Generalto receive visi

representatives forcoursed through the

among the staffbecause these

Hence, they were

wouldshortlyprojects.

enough,recetvepart ofhave or thatfact by the

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thosetoP

caution, waslettersreceivedissued

Staffthey

of NGOs who frequentlyu herself as "Belen",

.DE . She introducedof NGO namedfamiliar with her

PDAF-tunded proiects,their projects to the

just following-up therepresents, BelenWhen I asked her

her had several NGOskamiJ.

d be transferred toto our office toan to ask that

so to delaythe imtheir GOs were tasked to

the Bureau of

out of prudence andveriff signatures and

landline numbers.letters were indeedthen that we proceed

t letter in favor of

N

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through the

alsoIthis,lvere

weandthe

was required to

and/or their dfs oflilGOsllhey


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wouldwhich

andfor theOrtiz,that

readywork

like their selection ofr proiects and torelease forfinancial plan.

my position, dand/or making

the absence ofhe was hosting a

remember a certainproject initiated byby calling the

if a certain Atty.for and in behalf

he authorized Atty.implementation ofto me the fact thatimplement his PD

that now that I haveof said NGOI did not expect

merely replied to him

the staff at TRCof Senator luan

use of-changeI often

follow

.1 Intried toRamon

numberindeed

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and

and hehim,

expeditin by Sen.myiob.

.2 | alsoand/or

t daily

timethe

ority of signatories,

in the office to

or their staffup on the release

" because not ohimself even took

work' and

lryas I(all atdrd A.FDAF.Rfckedfrindedable to

nowsaidlam

meEnrile

f4ssica


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tochosen.

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of Sen. E

the PDand

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GOs,

.4 Aftergave

Estrada.admon

fose o Evangelista, astn

of his AF funds to an NGO,

,tiallyhis ol

the listed number ofto Reyes, who was then

with me that sheby Enrile. I know

use the officially listedcalled she introduced

of their signathat Atty. Reyes su

's authority to signffice of Senator Enrile.signed the Mem

proposal and the dEnrile's PDAF-fundedtime when ato our office to foll

our meetin& in anapprove the saidthe offices of

some people on theme to talk to Sen.

how both Senatorsthey thought thatSenators Revillar choice of the NGO,he

he andfer vivibecausioieas.ljhonor

forget

funded

to imp since the projectsthey

submitted in rtSen.office,

ofAtty.I was

to me.in the

or, andIn fact,um ofrlentsjects.

p andat the TRC end

line,andandwas


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PDAF. lThey

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actorsheard

thethe

and/orus toue and

.7 This

me to ensure thatrespective projects.

to said SenatorsI am familiar with

whosewith. Likewise, they

-funded projectsheirLocal

for said projects, asshould implement

uent and persistenttatives of legislatorspersonally or throughof their PDAF

upon us. To usiust the letter of a

a projsince

is enough to causeknow for a fact that

functions over our

true when thedirectly talk

PDAF proiects. Ntactics exerted by

andthe Congressmen

TRC to process and-funded

of usour initial misgivings

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onthe


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of theGeneralthe NGO

ofthe Congressthe time, it was theon the status of

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Center for the

like Congressmanole day at theNGO partner.

NGO partners-funded projects, ITRC's Management

in the selection ofto the Government

or General OrtizAct supposedly

or civil works projects

further told me thatthe P of the legislators,the Appropriation's

are to be spent and thistheirhad no cftofce but to

the

partthe most

toI

know anyl better,i ot a lawyer, I accepted said

andtheir

r{lease

pardo

athetot

toorirly torrylell as

thee said"GAA')

andBecause ofthe that I

the

the

the


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tnsame at

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us at TRC. We had no

of my query andany consistent

Director Generalever

larlyon PD Accounts, in September

the following are)

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PARA[1c RAM FOR FARMERS

("'

FOR PROGRESS ANDoN, INC. ('POPDFI")1

DEVELOPMENT

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ines" for the

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007.Office Circular 00O

to Mrs. fanetcoursed through

MAGBUBUKID

PROGMM FOR("SDPFFJ;SA MAGSASAKA

RURAL ECONOMICrNc. (-cAREDl;


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I$

14 Based thewho

the TRC, the following thefunded bv their PDand/or her corporate

MAMFI,CARED,

POPDFI &PASEDF


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briefing

cies and

order to

Report

No.

oftheir1

NGOstheir

2012

with

General in 2010,Director General'sscope of PDAF proi

issues relating to PDto investigate

NGOs concerned tofunds.

of past mistakes, ICircular 00PE0100b7through PDAF other

to the Board of the

A)itsas

Commission onTeam in fact

Management in this

done in the C'Sinrocesses and

and liquidation of DAF

opportunity to theletter directing them

ATINEX'E'

rectiff and/or liqupdate


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about (44)linked to Lim-In fact, Specialaction ofReport -03 Annex , Pacq

dated July L6,20t0the subiect of

was released last

tcn arealso eImy lei

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alreadyd

APD

myam nottundedNationalreadilyand thethis

forwell as

oflmyself

involved

the new rules on

now alfromlBl) stA/ andhelp t

.

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(Pos),

more

I blacklisted were

its appreciationp as reflected in

in at the time whenthe erring NGOs. So

Audit and we turnedprojects to the

one (1) year beforeanother memorandum

requirementswith COA circulars.

else, all these wouldgraft and corruption

to be the anoto 2010. In fact,investigating this

ferret out the truth

(hat IBDAFrt the:ter, I


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throughfoll

before the OFFICEN "BONG"

forfunds which he

Lim-Napoles,

my PDAF allocation


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l$

withandprovide, I

Sen.did notAF Funds;

nothing

was thetheI

beliethe

.1 As

myt in the process ofmce with what thefor the alleged

NGOs in the use of

in the release ofand ends in writing

President andon Finance and that

themselvesplemented his PD

ones liable formoney released to

he cannot be held

ENCEON RECORD

lr., the facts,his

very LEfiER to TRC dated

heldtn my

2C

A.

foF the

bvlSen.

NGOs

PDAF

Revilla,of the PD

FACTS,

to his

signed and bearing the


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Code ofoo

refers to the releaseTRC under SARO

Sen. Revilla reads in

to personally helPprovide livelihoodSurigao del Norte,

forms part of thehereunder for ready

to TRC dated,Z7AF funds release30,2007 in the total

letter

would te impng touents Ithwhile

which

Revilla

been

to his


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"Thisdatedion Pesos

the re1, 200ndthe

of SARO No. ROCS-0amounting to Thirtyt) to the DepartmentResource Centerofment units.Ims for

ting suppliedl

which formsroduced hereunderintegral part hereof

to TRC dated 16funds released underand SARO No.

of theis hereto

,ina1Iring q

wemleach

implementation ofsigned by Sen. Revilla

berNo.


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reach out

the afore-which

.4 Apartmadei

of the dulyCambe (signing for

and appended and

the ambit allowed bying beneficiariesthis purpose,"

suppliedl

forms part of thefor ready

hereof as A/tlItlEX "I".

the foregoing

anddas


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said PRoJECTthe signature andof Sen. Revilla, Atty.

appended and


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of the PDAF6 This is in the

PROPOSALS,

reproduced

dttrePear

ofland


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claims of Sen,into by his Offtce,

ted his PDAF-tunded-08553, as well as

into by his Office,ted his PDAF-tunded

7Mo

under

under

of Sen. Revillaan endorsement

Senate Financeand expressly state

to thewriting

Again,ended

his PDAF

theTRC

theTRC

histhethe


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ring

MOAs reproduced and

9 This the Office of Senator la isand

25with the Office, which


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pTHE OESTRADto denyof PDAF"Jenny"

thethe

.10 Thus,

thedulyfor the

the

his PDAF

his ownln

thedeflectwhich he

to hidecase

Likewise, thewhich had the

approve the liqand report for

records of the case fll ofreports of

Cambe, the Chiefof Sen. Revilla. In(100/o) balances/

and bore theof Sen. Revilla.

clearly confirm thehand-picked,

implemented the

filed before the13.03 , SEN. JINGGOYand in an apparentfor ofthe hundreds of

NGOS controlled by

thesaid

tl|at itIdiand

AF-

theGOs,

to his

tush to26


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by

suppliedl

27


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claiming

A,

theon the

tundedthe

and

had noby his

the Iqualified

Itl is the

rdand

andcomm

of his PD

Sen. Estrada is

on of the

to implement

which vened,

and onlythe power to

his hands in thePD .funded projects and is

the Agencies.

ON RECORD

the facts,to his claim, it was

which implementedchoice upon TRC. EEstrada to the TRChe actually already

tundedNGO to implement his


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datedtn

beFOR F

2008and

dated April 22,2008through SARO No.

to Php 25,requested

the SOCIALINC. ('SDPFF'J.

,00,the

clse isthethe

waswasSen.)he

ls hereby glven tasupentlse, slgn and,,proper and

part ofthe records ofAs can be seen

in courteoushis PDAF-funded

uponTRC. Thein the subject LETTERor qualification of the

whichhe subj

the NGO

: grven ir aboutpicked

This f

.ETTId marrletterich wi


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said PRofEcThereunder and

and SDP

claims of Sen.) entered into byimplemented his PD

.4 Finallya hand in

the TRC."

of Sen. Estrada he didof the Projects

MOAs projects clearly andhis


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reproduced andas follows:

pthe

andh{reto

:

Thewith the

theof

percent (by and

report

the Office ofSenatorOffice which selected

the foregoing shows it isthe primary

of the fundsthe said PDAF-tunded

records of the casereports of

Ms.In even the request for

Labayen, the duly

funds for the

toandects

i{ll ofNGO

of Ms. Pauline


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all clearly confirm thehand-picked,

which plemented the

would like to pointthe Sen. Revilla and

shows that they aretrue in the case of the

by their Offices thesaidhows that the drafu

and the same personwhat happened with

part of a grand

would like to point thatare specifically to

where and how to the(within certain ),

to joining the TRC, factof Office of the of

1to fanuary 2004.

version of theSupreme

[2013] ieither

AF-vtounded

plunder

sameAffiantworkedthe

of Sen.

addition

this for a

mind,

the fo

AF is

PDAF

fuly 1,

ch was

e G.R, Nos.

ized into

on Nov. 19, 2013;


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Supreme3

statedwhenactuallyim

any talkbe very

to mefor the

projects.

fact, TRCof

it, theTRCby Revilla

tundedshown said

,ECTsent

andselectedPDAFS.

which

regards

was in fact the reasonbe

Sen, and Sen. Estradaof the NGOs

proiects were at bestan on their parL16.3 16.5 above, during

up on PDAF-tundedchoice of the said

at all and thereor registrationwere practically

legislators

and Estrada thatNGOs implemented theunbelievable. As

by the LETTERS,ORANDUM OF

and/or theirshow it was theirthe tunded by their

of Sen. in Paragraph 6 of hisiounter- off t5,2 to the that:


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Office

in the

his Officeutterly

and Atty.

with

claimice innce if

for

Whether

which Ito the

that itthe said

canthe factyears,

claim is

to the

that in at leastand in a separate

about the documentsSen. Revilla, they inwho signed the same, factdocuments and the

by their Offfice.

that fraud mayand disposition of

once or twice only.over a period of

his entire 1of millions if notcertainly makes

conceding that Sen.their hands of their

Revilla's PDAF-tunded

claim Sen. fuan Ponce ir his5 thereof wherein he lrhat

my uty of Staf debunked;the is simply not true

PDAFrfs ofclaim

as stateddocu as

I to Sen. Enrile's Chief

of the


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2Ot4 atMulti-

me this.hfl day ofexhibiting to me his103-0509-0.

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