September 19, 2007
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today said "The Filipino people are fed up and indignant over the conjugal corruption of Gloria and Mike Arroyo. They are enraged over the shameless bribery-taking by the Arroyos and their retinue of rotten big bureaucrat capitalists."
CPP spokesperson Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal "Pocketting $130 million in bribes, and from a single contract at that, is completely callous and ruthless, especially in the face of the desperate economic conditions of the Filipino people. In committing these crimes of unprecedented scale, the Arroyo regime is only bringing itself closer to its gnoble end."
Rosal made the remarks in reaction to revelations made yesterday at the Senate investigation on the highly anomalous $329-million national broadband network (NBN) government contract with the ZTE Corporation."
Rosal said that "Joey De Venecia's relevations have very clearly and graphically shown that Mike and Gloria Arroyo, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos Jr. and a number of other Arroyo officials have been 'on the take' and currying favors from ZTE."
The younger De Venecia is a major stockholder and officer of the Amsterdam Holdings Inc. (AHI), whose bid to build the NBN "at no cost to the government," was totally ignored and wastebasketed by the Arroyo regime. Instead, it signed a contract with ZTE brokered by Abalos.
According to De Venecia, the ZTE contract is "ridiculously overpriced" by as much as 300% to make room for "commissions" of highly placed brokers and approving officials of the Arroyo government.
In his testimony, De Venecia revealed that First Gentleman Mike Arroyo tried to intimidate him into withdrawing his company's bid for the NBN project in an effort to force through the highly controversial $329 million ZTE contract. Mike Arroyo reportedly pointed his finger at the younger de Venecia and shouted at him to "back off" during a meeting meant to "reconcile" him with Abalos.
"The personal interference of Mike Arroyo in matters surrounding the deal has made it all too obvious that Gloria Arroyo is also on the take," Rosal pointed out. It is estimated that the couple and their cohorts pocketed $130 million in bribes from this single contract.
The senators also cited other circumstances that would point to Gloria Arroyo's involvement in the anomaly: her witnessing the signing of the ZTE contract in April 2007 in China, her invoking an executive order and memo circular to prevent government officials from attending the Senate investigation, her continued insistence on implementing the contract despite widespread opposition over revelations of high-level bribery and collusion, and her allowing her husband Mike to surreptitiously leave the country on the eve of the investigation.
Rosal called on all patriotic and democratic forces and the Filipino people to demonstrate their indignation and intensify their efforts and actions to bring down the incorrigibly corrupt, rotten and vicious Arroyo regime.
He also called upon allies of the ruling clique to "realize how despicable Gloria has become in the eyes of the people, renounce the conjugal corruption of Gloria and Mike Arroyo and take the side with the people in their ardent desire to put an end to the rotten bureaucrat capitalist rule of the Arroyo regime."
CPP spokesperson Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal "Pocketting $130 million in bribes, and from a single contract at that, is completely callous and ruthless, especially in the face of the desperate economic conditions of the Filipino people. In committing these crimes of unprecedented scale, the Arroyo regime is only bringing itself closer to its gnoble end."
Rosal made the remarks in reaction to revelations made yesterday at the Senate investigation on the highly anomalous $329-million national broadband network (NBN) government contract with the ZTE Corporation."
Rosal said that "Joey De Venecia's relevations have very clearly and graphically shown that Mike and Gloria Arroyo, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos Jr. and a number of other Arroyo officials have been 'on the take' and currying favors from ZTE."
The younger De Venecia is a major stockholder and officer of the Amsterdam Holdings Inc. (AHI), whose bid to build the NBN "at no cost to the government," was totally ignored and wastebasketed by the Arroyo regime. Instead, it signed a contract with ZTE brokered by Abalos.
According to De Venecia, the ZTE contract is "ridiculously overpriced" by as much as 300% to make room for "commissions" of highly placed brokers and approving officials of the Arroyo government.
In his testimony, De Venecia revealed that First Gentleman Mike Arroyo tried to intimidate him into withdrawing his company's bid for the NBN project in an effort to force through the highly controversial $329 million ZTE contract. Mike Arroyo reportedly pointed his finger at the younger de Venecia and shouted at him to "back off" during a meeting meant to "reconcile" him with Abalos.
"The personal interference of Mike Arroyo in matters surrounding the deal has made it all too obvious that Gloria Arroyo is also on the take," Rosal pointed out. It is estimated that the couple and their cohorts pocketed $130 million in bribes from this single contract.
The senators also cited other circumstances that would point to Gloria Arroyo's involvement in the anomaly: her witnessing the signing of the ZTE contract in April 2007 in China, her invoking an executive order and memo circular to prevent government officials from attending the Senate investigation, her continued insistence on implementing the contract despite widespread opposition over revelations of high-level bribery and collusion, and her allowing her husband Mike to surreptitiously leave the country on the eve of the investigation.
Rosal called on all patriotic and democratic forces and the Filipino people to demonstrate their indignation and intensify their efforts and actions to bring down the incorrigibly corrupt, rotten and vicious Arroyo regime.
He also called upon allies of the ruling clique to "realize how despicable Gloria has become in the eyes of the people, renounce the conjugal corruption of Gloria and Mike Arroyo and take the side with the people in their ardent desire to put an end to the rotten bureaucrat capitalist rule of the Arroyo regime."
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