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Senator-judge Bam Aquino clarified that while his late uncle, former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., used the alias “Marcial Bonifacio,” he did not have confidential funds.

Aquino made the clarification after Senator-judge Robin Padilla cited Ninoy’s use of an alias while discussing the alleged use of aliases in acknowledgment receipts linked to Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds.

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

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00:00Do you know who is Marcial Bonifacio?
00:04To be candid, Your Honor. I'm not familiar.
00:09Si Binigno Aquino Jr., si Ninoy.
00:14Siya mismo may alias. Maraming salamat po.
00:18Sir, Tama po. Si Ninoy Aquino po ang kanyang alias ay Marcial Bonifacio
00:22para makauwi po siya sa Pilipinas kung nasa Boston siya.
00:26Pero wala naman siyang confidential funds. Wala siya sa mga AR na confidential funds.
00:32Lilinawin ko lang.
00:34So ang gusto ko lamang ipaalam sa ating prosecution
00:39na napakahalaga po ng alias sa panahon ng...
00:46Kayo po, sagutin po niyo. Sa panahon ng...
00:49Giera, Sir. Your Honor.
00:51Ang confidential po.
00:53Ang pagkilos confidential ay napakahalaga
00:59at hindi po ginagamit ang pangalan at hindi po pumipirma.
01:03At alam niyo po ba?
01:05Noong September 12, 1896, ano nangyari?
01:09Merong nagkaroon tayo ng 13 martyres.
01:11Yung mga nagtraidor ay itinuro ang mga totoong pangalan,
01:18totoong lugar kung nasaan yung mga sumusuporta sa Katipunan.
01:24If I may...
01:25One last na lang po.
01:26Kindly wind up, Senator.
01:27One last na lang po.
01:28If I may, Your Honor, just address your question earlier.
01:32With all your respect, Your Honor, the prosecution respectfully submits
01:36that whether the use of alias is allowed or not and whether it's necessary or not.
01:42To us, that is a non-issue because that was never raised by the...
01:45Hindi po pwedeng maging non-issue sapagkat ito po ang ipinalalabas ng prosecution.
01:51If I may...
01:52Na may mga pangalan na mga katawatawang pangalan.
01:56Eh, mas nakakatawa po itong mga pangalan ng mga nangyari nung araw.
02:00With all your respect, Your Honor...
02:01Isa na lang po.
02:02Kasi...
02:03Isa na lang po.
02:04Kindly wind up, Senator.
02:05Ito na lang po.
02:07Kilala niyo po ba kung sino si Maricel Bonifacio?
02:11To be candid, Your Honor.
02:13I'm not familiar.
02:14Sino po?
02:16Si Binigno Aquino Jr.
02:19Si Ninoy.
02:21Siya mismo may alias.
02:23Maraming salamat po.
02:24Your Honor, if I just may, Your Honor, just to set the record straight.
02:28Because it was me to...
02:29With all your respect to the...
02:31Um...
02:31Senator Judge.
02:33It was...
02:33Presiding Judge.
02:35Allowed ba yun?
02:37I was about to make a ruling.
02:39Maraming salamat po.
02:40Um...
02:41There was no question post or poised.
02:44Um...
02:45Um...
02:45Attorney May.
02:46Um...
02:47Let's proceed to the next, um...
02:49Senator Judge who will interject.
02:50By the way, did you intentionally get rid of, um...
02:54The, uh...
02:55Platform?
02:56Yes, Your Honor.
02:57Because you were not expecting that I'd be called again, Your Honor.
03:00To, um...
03:00Make way for...
03:02The Honorable Chair of the...
03:04Panel of Prosecutors, Your Honor.
03:05Understood.
03:07Um...
03:07Senator Judge Aquino.
03:09You're recognized for your interjection.
03:11You may proceed, sir.
03:12When you're ready, you have two minutes.
03:14So, bago po yung two minutes, Mr. Presiding Officer.
03:18Tama po.
03:19Si Ninoy Aquino po ang kanyang alias ay Marshall Bonifacio.
03:22Para makauwi po siya sa Pilipinas nung nasa Boston siya.
03:26Oho.
03:26Pero wala naman ho siyang confidential fans na...
03:29Wala ho siya sa mga AR na confidential fans.
03:32Nalilinawin ko lang ho.
03:33Okay.
03:34Ah...
03:35Pagating ho sa prosecution,
03:37Ang position ng prosecution, yung mga pangalan ay totoong tao, di ba?
03:40Correct, no?
03:41You have not really mentioned aliases in any of your...
03:45Wala.
03:46Could you respond quickly?
03:48We have talked about aliases.
03:50Is the prosecution talking about aliases?
03:52That was never our point, Your Honor.
03:54In fact, the point of the prosecution is that
03:57that was never raised by the defense either in their answer
04:01or in their pre-trial brief, Your Honor.
04:03So to us, that should be a non-issue
04:06because even them,
04:07they never claimed that in any of their pleadings
04:08before this Honorable Court.
04:10Okay, thank you.
04:10Klaklaruin ko lang ha.
04:11Ang siyang tao lang pong nagsabi na alias po sila,
04:14si Ms. Gina Acosta, in her testimony.
04:16Kayina po, sabi niyo rin na,
04:18Mr. Ortonio,
04:19na hindi siya alias or hindi niyo alam.
04:22But si Ms. Gina Acosta, in her testimony,
04:24did admit that in her perspective,
04:27these are aliases.
04:29Just for the record po.
04:33Yes to know who had brought this?
04:43So,
04:43Before we get her back to me,

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