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Solons demand accountability on wiretapping, back Teodoro 

Published May 9, 2024 10:20 am

At A Glance

  • Deputy Majority Leader Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Inno" Dy V and Assistant Majority Leader Manila 1st district Rep. Ernesto Dionisio are demanding for accountability on the alleged wiretapping of a conversation between Chinese and Philippine officials regarding the "new model agreement" in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). 

20240509_174410.jpgIsabela 6th district Rep. Faustino “Inno” Dy V (left), Manila 1st district Rep. Ernesto Dionisio (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)

Ranking solons are demanding for accountability on the alleged wiretapping of a conversation between Chinese and Philippine officials regarding the “new model agreement” in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

Deputy Majority Leader Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino “Inno” Dy V and Assistant Majority Leader Manila 1st district Rep. Ernesto Dionisio agree that the perpetrators of the alleged wiretapping must face the consequences of their actions.

The act of wiretapping is outlawed in the Philippines.

“Kung sinuman po ang responsable sa pag-wiretap or sa pag-record po ng conversation na ito kung nangyari man po, they should be expelled or deported from our country or they should answer to our laws dahil bawal po iyong ginawa nila,” Dy said.

(Whoever is responsible for wiretapping and recording this conversation, if its true, then they should answer to our laws because that is prohibited.)

“Again, I will leave it to our DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) on how to proceed ito pong investigation na ito (with this investigation),” he said.

Dionisio said he supports Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gibo Teodoro's stance on the issue.

“We really should hold those people who did that accountable. Hindi na pupwede na porke na galing sila sa mas malalaking bansa na tatapakan na lang nila ‘yung mga batas natin. They should be held accountable,” he said.

(They can't go about trampling on our laws just because they belong to a larger country.)

"I support Secretary Gibo Teodoro doon sa pananaw niya na mali ‘yung ginawa na wiretapping (I support Secretary Gibo Teodoro's stance that the wiretapping is wrong),” said Dionisio.

Teodoro had earlier urged the DFA to investigate the alleged recording of a phone conversation between a Chinese diplomat and a top Philippine military official on a purported new model agreement on rotation and resupply missions to Ayungin Shoal in the WPS last January.

He said that if proven true, those involved should face expulsion from the Philippines for violating the Anti-Wiretapping Law and international relations protocols.

At any rate, Teodoro expressed skepticism on the recording's authenticity, and cited the Chinese government's history of engaging in disinformation campaigns.

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