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Sinalakay ng mga polis ang mga bahay ni Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnie Tevez sa Bayawan City.

Kaugnay ito ng mga pagmamayaring armas ni Cong. Tevez na pasuna umano ang mga lisensya.

Kinumpirma ng abogado ni Tevez na si Atty. Ferdinand Topacio na niraid na mga taohan ng PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ngayong umaga ang tatlong bahay ni Tevez.

Nakarating na rin daw ang impormasyon kay Cong. Tevez.

Sinalakay ng mga polis ngayong umaga ang mga bahay ni Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnie Tevez.

Para sa update dyan, makakausap natin ang abogado ni Cong. Tevez na si Atty. Ferdinand Topacio.

Magandang umaga po Atty. Ongoing pa rin po ba ang pag-raid sa mga bahay ni Cong. Tevez?

Magandang umaga po Ma'am Gretchen Sir Jess.

Regarding sa raid, hindi ko palang alam kung ongoing ba po because I've been making some phone calls and granting interviews with our friends in media.

Pero confirmed naman po na may raid nga po. There were raids conducted early this morning sa mga places in Negros Oriental.

At Arnie, ilang bahay po ba ang na-raid na po at saan saan? Lahat po ba ito ay pagmamayari mismo ni Cong. Tevez?

Hindi po. Yung iba po are residences of other people. Actually, as of now, sketchy pa rin ang mga reports sa akin.

Sabagkat yung aming lawyers on the ground, nung nag-raid po ay pinalabas po lahat ng occupants sa mga bahay.

Pati yung mga abogado po lahat doon ay pinalabas at ayaw po masukin according to reports reaching our office.

May detailyo ba silang binigay? Ano daw ba yung rasong bakit ayaw silang pinapalabas sila doon sa mga tahanan?

Wala pong ibinigay na reason sabagkat ayaw naman po sa batas, there should be witnesses to a raid.

Of course, although nakalagay sa batas ay at least two of sufficient discretion of standing in the community, wala naman po masama.

Kung maraming taong magwi-witness, considering as early as around a month ago, ina-predict na po namin kung pattern na ito.

Congressman Tevez held a press conference at sinabi po niya sa press ko na yan na talagang nakikita kami mga information na may sasaguhang mga raid, etc. etc.

So inaanaman po namin kung anong purpose. Kung punit po ang purpose nito, katulad ng sinasabi ng ibang sources namin ay yung mga firearms covered by the canceled LTOP of Congressman Tevez,

I checked because I anticipated na may mangyayaring ganito.

As of yesterday po, lahat ng firearms covered by the LTOPs that were canceled by the PNP have been surrendered to the proper precincts and accounted for and properly issued receipts.

Ibig sabihin ba Atty., itong pag-raid ngayon, kabilang yan sa mga sinabi ninyo noong mga nagdaang press ko na sasalakayin nga itong bahay ni Tevez sa tataniman ng mga ebidensya?

Well, yun po. Ang information na nakarating kay Congressman Tevez kaya nga po he chose to go public on this at true enough ito nga po nagkakaroon na sa katuparan itong pinipredik namin.

In fact, noon nga po nga nagkaroon ng feeling, yung unfortunate feeling ni Gov. Degamo, I immediately tried to contact Congressman Tevez last Saturday at sabi ko, heads up kung I think they will try to pin this on you.

Sabi niya wala naman silang ebidensya, wala naman kong kinalaman yan. But sabi ko anyway, heads up ka rin, we have to be prepared for all eventualities.

Ito na nga po, as we predicted, ito na nga po nangyayari.

Atorney, may mga nakatira po ba sa mga bahay ni Congressman Tevez nang mangyayari po yung raid at may search warrants po ba naipinakita?

May nakatira po, mga caretakers po, mga babae po, puro babae po ang occupants noon eh. Yung mga volunteers sa Women's Brigade ni Congressman Tevez.

At palagay ko naman may search warrant. At sabi ko nga sa iba mga panayam, karapatan naman po ng isang buwes na may probable cause may mag-issue ng search warrants.

Karapatan din na mag-implement at mag-serve ng search warrant lamang ay sana lahat ng safeguards na nakalagay sa batas ay dapat i-observahan.

Sabagat sagrado po ang mga residences ng mga mamamayan and violating the sanctity of a residence is the exception rather than the rule in a constitutional government.

Pero may detali na po ba tayo? Nasaan na nga po ba si Congressman Tevez ngayon? Nasa Amerika pa rin po ba siya?

Opo, as far as I know, he's in the United States and according to his staff, he has requested for an extension of his stay because among other things, ang reason po niya na pumunta roon ay para magpagamot.

How long itong hinihini nilang extension? Kailan nila binabalak umuwi?

Aalamin ko po and I will inform the public if there are any inquiries of the authorities kung anong information makukuha ko. But right now, ipagpahumanhin nyo po everything is in a state of flux.

Things are happening at the same time, medyo overwhelmed po ako na numinipis na ang buho po nito.

Atorney, nabanggit nyo nga po magpapagamot. Magpapagamot po para saan? At gaano po katagal?

I would rather not answer that with my apologies because hindi po ako authorize ni Congressman Tevez to divulge this.

Plus, hindi po kayo doktor niya, hindi po namin napapag-usapan nito. Yan lang po ang nirelay ko lang po.

Officially na tinransmit niyang request ng reasons niya pagpuntang Amerika is among others for medical purposes.

Napag-usapan nyo ba bakit daw kaya idinidiyan dito si Tevez? Ano daw ba ang motibo sa lahat ng ito?

Ayoko pong mag-speculate kasi baka naman sabihin nila yesterday I issued a statement pleading for sobriety in this case na sabi ko nga sana po ay mag-iingat po tayo.

Not as a warning to anyone. Okay lang naman po in cases of this nature that are sensational, high profile, talagang maraming lumalabas na opinion, media coverage.

Ang akin naman, this is not even the start of an official inquiry with respect to the Digamo killing. May wala pa nga na-file sa hukuman let alone the prosecution office.

Kaya nga sabihin ng aking kataas-taas na hukuman, accusation is not synonymous with guilt kasi madali pong mag-akusa. And that a person is always presumed innocent until proven otherwise under our Constitution.

Hindi namin sinasabing huwag niyong i-prosecute, huwag kang magsalita ang mga witnesses. All these are part of the process. Pero the only person who can say whether an accused or even a person charged with a crime or alleged to have committed a crime is guilty or innocent is the judge after all evidence have been proffered before it.

Sana po para hindi gumulong at hindi magkaroon ng prejudice, trial by publicity, I think anyone, even my client is entitled to fairness and impartiality.

Kayo ba nakikita ninyo na itong ginagawang raid ngayon sa mga bahay ni Tevez. This is purely dahilang sa firearms o sa tingin ninyo may bahid politika rin?

Well alam niyo po, again I would not like to conjecture Sir Jess. Pero ang akin lang, kaya nga po I pleaded for sobriety. Magkahina po, I pleaded for calm.

Kasi pag may matataas na opisyal ng gobyerno, lalo na sa executive, na nagsasabing ganito, parang guilty na yung isang tao, it might be misinterpreted by their subordinates down the line as a license to perform their duties with impunity.

Lumalakas po yung loob. Kaya sabi ko everyone is entitled to the presumption of innocence. Bigyan po natin ng fairness. There is a process for that. If they really think there is probable cause charging for a crime,

well then ipadetermine natin sa prosecution office. Then pag nadetermine after preliminary investigation na may probable cause, i-file po natin sa U.S., let the judge make a judicial determination of probable cause,

issue a warrant of arrest, then we go to trial. But right now, we are far from done. This is only the first small step in a criminal investigation. Matagal pa po ito.

Okay Atty. Sabi niyo, matagal niyo na po ina-anticipate itong raid na ito. Sino po sa tingin niyo ang nagutos o nagplano?

Well hindi po natin alam. Again, it would be hypocritical for me to say na maghinahon tayo pero I will be pointing accusing fingers. In a sensational case such as this,

it all happened before President Arroyo, Governor Reyes of Palawan, President Estrada, all of these cases I've been involved in,

Ruby Rose Barameda, there is a media frenzy, there is a flurry of public opinion, instant experts suddenly appear from nowhere,

pati sa social media. But at the end of the day, sa hukuman din po nadaan yan. At the end of the day, in all these cases I've mentioned,

naabswelto po yung ina-accusahan ng crimen. So ito pa rin akin. Hintayin po natin. Although not far be it from me to curtail anyone's freedom of expression

kasi ako mamamahayag din. Mayroon din akong programa sa radyo. Pero ang atin lang, let's be fair and let us not obfuscate the issues.

Huwag po na natin gaguluhin, tignan natin yung facts as they are. At Arnie alam ko po, hindi lang ito yung binabanggit na kaso.

Dito nga po kay Sir Roel Degamo. Pati po sa nakaraan, meron nila tinitingnan na iba pang murder cases. Ano na po ang hakbang na susunod ninyo pong gagawin?

Wala po kami magawang susunod hakbang because at this point, the ball is in the court of the prosecution. Yung sinasabi nyo, yung 2019 case, ang amin lamang take dyan is the timing is suspect.

Bakit ngayon lang ifinal? And according to the longtime lawyer of Congressman Tevez, si Atty. Agoncillo, these are the same cases that have already been investigated after the crime was committed and Congressman Tevez was already exonerated.

Naklear na po siya yan. Bakit ngayon lang after the killing of Gov. Degamo, ang tingin namin parang ito, I think ko lang naman at entitled naman ako sa aking opinion, parang nag-ride on lang sa sensationalism, sa publicity, sa public sympathy dito sa Degamo killing para ipasok itong kaso.

Yung 2019 pa, bakit ngayon lang? Parang kantay ito, bakit ngayon ka lang? Pero given na ito ang kailangan ninyong deal with, itong kaso nga noong 2019 pa, ano na nangyari? Ano ang magiging hakbang ninyo sa particular na kasong ito?

Well, we will examine the evidence when a subpoena is issued to us, sapagkat dapat pagbinigyan kami itong subpoena to answer either the 2019 case or possibly the killing of Gov. Degamo, ay i-attach nila lahat ng ebidensya. So we can make an intelligent defense of our opinion.

Sa ngayon po, wala pa naman. So as far as we are concerned, all of the information that we have on these two cases only come from media accounts.

Atorney, mismo ang ating presidente ang nagsabi na political daw yung killing kay Gov. Degamo. Ano po masasabi niyo tungkol dito?

Yun nga po ang sinasabi ko. The people concerned should refrain from making such comments pending a more thorough investigation. But of course, the president is entitled to his opinion as the chief executive and I have no beef with the president. I'm very fond of him. I support him. In fact, my latest puppy is named after him, Bonget.

Siyempre, patuloy nating aantabayanan itong balitang ito. Sana ipatuloy niyo kami bigyan rin ng updates. Maraming maraming salamat muli, Atorney Ferdinand Topacio.