PHNO: VIDEO CLIPS LIVE AT THE SENATE: THE ENRILE-TRILLANES WORD WAR

VIDEO CLIPS LIVE AT THE SENATE: THE
ENRILE-TRILLANES WORD WAR

MANILA, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
(iSTORYA NET) VIDEO REPORTS
LIVE FROM THE SENATE
mora na man hinuon ni ug expert bahin ug Foreign Affairs issues ni si
Trillanes
Sen. Trillanes withdraws from majority, says he has lost confidence in Sen.
Pres. Enrile

Sen. Pres. Enrile, nagbibigay ng talumpati kasunod ng pagbibitiw
sa mayorya ni Sen. Trillanes
Sen. Enrile replies to Trillanes

YAHOO! NEWS

[PHOTO -Word war: Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile vs.
Senator Antonio Trillanes (Joseph Vidal/PRIB/NPPA
Images)
Enrile on Trillanes: 'My God, this guy is a fraud!'
By Rio Rose Ribaya | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom – Wed, Sep 19,
2012.. . .

A fraud and a coward.
This was how Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile described Senator Antonio
Trillanes IV in a word war that broke the silence during a caucus meeting in
Senate Wednesday.
Enrile was supposed to preside over a meeting to discuss a bill dividing
Camarines Sur when he suddenly took a swipe at Trillanes, divulging the "real
story" behind his mission as special envoy to China concerning Panatag
(Scarborough) shoal.
He charged Trillanes of selling the country's sovereignty to China when he
was tasked to conduct a "backdoor negotiation" to ease tension between Manila
and Beijing over territorial dispute last May.
The Senate president accused Trillanes of telling "falsehoods" to Chinese
officials that were allegedly "detrimental to the country" and Foreign Affairs
Secretary Alberto del Rosario.
"'In the Philippines, no one cares about Panatag Shoal,' he told (them). Is
that patriotic? My God, what kind of a senator is this?" Enrile said.
"He told the Chinese that we cannot enforce our own coastal protection. That
our fishermen are living on subsistence living. That they cannot go too far so
they can give the (disputed) part of the waters to us," he added.
Citing notes from Philippine Ambassador to China Sonia Brady, Enrile said
that Trillanes told officials in Beijing that Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto
del Rosario no longer enjoys confidence of the Filipino people.
"My God, this guy is a fraud!" Enrile said, describing his expose as an
attempt to "unmask the Phantom of the Opera" in Philippine Politics.
Enrile issued the statement after Trillanes bolted out of the majority bloc
in the Senate, joining the minority in expression of his lost of confidence in
the senate president's leadership.
Earlier, Trillanes criticized Enrile for his "shabby policy" in a speech he
delivered during a caucus discussing the bill seeking to divide Camarines Sur
into two provinces before walking out on Wednesday afternoon.
The neophyte senator called Enrile "a bully" after claiming he was shoved
aside for the nth time when Enrile called for a caucus to discuss the bill
dividing Camarines Sur in July.
"I got out of that caucus feeling trampled upon by a bully determined to get
his way. My neophyte instincts were telling me then to just keep the peace and
get out of his way," Trillanes said.
"But then, the public servant in me just couldn't let this thing pass," he
added, reiterating the division of Camarines Sur will not be beneficial to the
state.
He then accused Enrile of accommodating former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo's three allies, including former Camarines Sur Rep. Luis
Villafuerte, who will benefit from the bill.
He also charged Enrile of gerrymandering in pushing for division of Camarines
Sur, which would benefit Arroyo's son and incumbent Camarines Sur Rep. Dato
Arroyo.
Citing a published article, Trillanes revealed that another senator confirmed
that Enrile was receiving personal calls from Mrs. Arroyo in a bid to hasten the
passage of the measure in the Senate.
"There remain only two possibilities: that our Senate President is deeply
indebted to GMA; or that he is a GMA lackey," Trillanes said.
"Either way, I have lost trust, faith and confidence in Senator Enrile's
capability to lead the senate along the path consistent with the reform agenda
that I espouse," he added.
Senator Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada defended Enrile, saying his "second father"
has always been "balanced" and never "a bully" or a lackey of Arroyo.
Estrada and Senate Majority Leader Senator Tito Sotto manifested Trillanes'
walkout and baseless accusation as cowardly.

[PHOTO -Trillanes walks out on Enrile. (Photo by Joseph Vidal, PRIB, NPPA Images)]


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