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Senator-judge Robin Padilla questioned prosecution counsel Atty. Mae Divinagracia on the use of aliases by national heroes, comparing it to the aliases used by members of the New People’s Army (NPA).

Divinagracia said the use of aliases is not completely prohibited under the Anti-Alias Law as long as the person’s real name is disclosed but noted that the circumstances involving national heroes during wartime differ from the present situation. Padilla argued that there is no difference in the use of aliases then and now.

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/08/26/robin-padilla-invokes-national-heroes-to-justify-aliases-in-confidential-funds

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00:00Good afternoon, sir.
00:30Ito po ay hango sa ating mga bayani. Tama po ba?
00:35Opo.
00:36Opo.
00:37Naniniwala po ba kayo na ang ating mga bayani ay may mga alias?
00:47Kilala niyo po ba sila Dimasalang?
00:50I'm sorry po sa aking history teacher.
00:52Ayan, opo.
00:53Hindi ka na po maalala.
00:53Ito po ang pinakamagandang panahon para maipaalala po sa inyo
00:57na ang ating mga bayani ay gumamit ng mga alias.
01:02Dimasalang, Siling Labuyo, Tikbalang, Tagailog, Maypag-asa, Buwan, Magdalo,
01:11Leonkilat, Vibora, Lakambini, Paralitiko, Dimas, Alipato, Liwanag, Baliti, at marami pa pong iba.
01:21Ano po ang kahalagahan dito palagay po ninyo?
01:25Ang alias po, anong kahalagahan?
01:28First, Your Honor, I cannot comment because I'm not sure of the circumstances surrounding their use of alias.
01:35Under the anti-alias law, sir, inaalaw naman po yung paggamit ng alias,
01:40provided kailangan po nakabanggit din, nakadisclose kung ano yung real name.
01:47So it's not completely prohibited, provided, they also provide the real name.
01:53Apo, pakisagot lang muna po yung tanong ko, bago po yung explanation po ninyo.
02:00Pakisagot lang po kung narinig nyo na po yung mga alias na yan. Ngayon lang po nyo narinig.
02:05Some of it po, Your Honor, to be candid. Some of it I've already heard.
02:09Magmula po 1892 hanggang 1896, ginagamit po nila ang mga alias na yan.
02:15Nagkaroon lang po ng isang tridor, ang pangalan ay Teodoro Patino, na nagbulgar sa Katipunan.
02:23Alam po ba ninyo niyo?
02:24Yes, Your Honor. But the circumstances then were different because we were under...
02:29Bakit po iba? Bakit po iba? Bakit po na iba?
02:32May gera po nun, sir, and we were under occupation.
02:33Wala po ba tayong gera sa NPA? Ang NPA po, merong mga alias.
02:38Meron pong kakobra, kaagila, kaalawin, ka-tigre, ka-kapre, ka-sirena, ka-adobo, ka-sinigang, ka-pansit, ka-tinola, ka
02:48-sile, ka-kamote, ka-bawang, ka-maxi, ka-labuyo.
02:54Lahat po yan ginagamit na alias.
02:56Iba po yung internal armed conflict. Iba naman din po yung war.
03:01Bakit po na iba? Pareho po itong clear and present danger sa atin.
03:06So ang gusto ko lamang pong ipaalam sa ating prosecution na napakahalaga po ng alias sa panahon ng...
03:18Kayo po, sagutin po nyo. Sa panahon ng...
03:21Gera, Sir. Your Honor.
03:24Ang confidential po.
03:27Ang pagkilos confidential ay napakahalaga at hindi po ginagamit ang pangalan at hindi po pumipirma.
03:35At alam nyo po ba, noong September 12, 1896, ano nangyari?
03:41Merong nagkaroon tayo ng 13 martyres.
03:44Yung mga nag-traidor ay itinuro ang mga totoong pangalan, totoong lugar, kung nasaan yung mga sumusuporta sa katipunan.
03:56If I may...
03:57One last na lang po.
03:58Kindly wind up, Senator.
03:59One last na lang po.
04:00If I may, Your Honor, just address your question earlier.
04:04With all your respect, Your Honor, the prosecution respectfully subits that whether the use of alias is allowed or not
04:12and whether it's necessary or not to us, that is a non-issue.
04:16Because that was never raised by the...
04:17Hindi po pwedeng maging non-issue sapagkat ito po ang ipinalalabas ng prosekusyon.
04:23If I may, Your Honor...
04:24Na may mga pangalan, na mga katawatawang pangalan.
04:28Eh, mas nakakatawa po itong mga pangalan nung mga nangyari nung araw.
04:32With all your respect, Your Honor...
04:34Kasi, siya na lang po.
04:36Kindly wind up.
04:37Ito na lang po.
04:39Kailangan niyo po ba kung sino si Marisal Bonifacio?
04:43To be kind, Your Honor.
04:45I'm not familiar.
04:46Sino po?
04:48Si Binigno Aquino Jr.
04:52Si Ninoy.
04:53Siya mismo may alias.
04:55Maraming salamat po.
04:57Your Honor, if I just may, Your Honor, just to set the record straight, because it was me to...
05:01With all your respect to the Senator Judge...
05:04Mr. Presiding Judge, allowed by yun?
05:09I was about to make a ruling.
05:11Maraming salamat po.
05:12There was no question posed or poised.

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