00:00 The lawyer who was named in the signature form for the People's Initiative faced the Senate.
00:06 He clarified that he is not a member of the Signature Group.
00:10 Witness, Ian Cruz.
00:12 After being subpoenaed, Attorney Anthony Abad faced the Senate earlier.
00:19 The one who was in the signature form for the People's Initiative to change the Constitution.
00:24 He is the one whose name is in the form because the petitioners wrote it alphabetically.
00:29 But he is not a member of the People's Initiative for Modernization and Reform Action
00:35 and they are assisting in matters related to the constitutional and legal aspects.
00:55 On November, he was the first to assist in the People's Initiative.
01:00 In December, they faced Unyate and several congressmen, Speaker Martin Romualdez.
01:05 Unyate is the lead convener of the Signature Group
01:08 who also introduced the back of the legislature, Ed Sapuera, to support the Charter Change.
01:14 The group has not registered for 20 years in the Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC.
01:19 In fact, PIRMA no longer exists as of February 10, 2004. Is that correct?
01:26 Yes, Madam Chair. Their Certificate of Registration has been revoked since February 10, 2004.
01:32 Since the time of their incorporation, they have not submitted any reportorial requirements with the SEC.
01:39 According to the SEC, Unyate and Abad were not part of the PIRMA group when they submitted their incorporation.
01:45 Unyate's lawyer insisted that the corporate registration of the PIRMA was still being fixed in the SEC
01:50 but they submitted the document online.
01:53 Just this February, Madam Chair.
01:56 So, just after the hearing?
01:58 Yes, Madam Chair.
02:00 This is already a multi-year process.
02:02 The process is, Madam Chair, we submitted...
02:04 PIRMA is already 20 years old.
02:06 I am just confused, Atty. Avizada, about your timeline.
02:10 You initiated the People's Initiative but the documentation of your PIRMA is not yet fixed.
02:18 Before that, the discussion was heated when Senators asked Unyate
02:23 to list the donors for the P55M TV ad placement of Ed Sapuera.
02:29 For additional information of the committee, our contributors were also invoking their right to privacy.
02:37 Unyate returned the more than P27M of the donation she was asked to give to her three bank accounts.
02:44 The DSWD also insisted that the P26M of the ACAP program
02:49 was a part of the PIRMA's commitment to the People's Initiative.
02:55 But the DSWD cannot explain this.
02:58 Madam Chair, ACAP is just as foreign to us, technically, as Senator Batol.
03:05 As it is provided in line with...
03:07 Yes, I understand.
03:10 Pay us! Pay us!
03:14 Several groups protested in front of the Senate, along with the hearing.
03:19 The hearing was stopped at Chacha and Halip,
03:22 but the additional payment was given to the workers.
03:26 For GMA Integrated News, Ian Cruz, your witness.
03:32 Kapuso, let's all be witnesses.
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