'Nothing more to say on ZTE'

[vulture08]

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MANILA, Philippines - President Arroyo and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo have nothing more to say regarding the scrapped $329-million national broadband network (NBN) contract with ZTE Corp. of China as the Senate resumes hearings today on the botched deal, officials said yesterday.

Deputy presidential spokesman Anthony Golez issued the statement as Sen. Richard Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, called on the First Couple to shed light on their role in the deal that Mrs. Arroyo ordered cancelled in October 2007.

“First of all, there is nothing more the President and the First Gentleman will explain because, as a matter of fact, the President canceled this contract,” Golez told a news briefing.

He said while he respects the independence of the Senate and the call of Gordon, nothing new is expected to come out of the inquiry as the issue had been exhaustively tackled in 2007.

“With regard to the merits of the case, I think it has been exhaustively answered. The questions were exhaustively answered already. In 2007, this (hearings) already came out and it was called a telenovela. For every telenovela, usually there is a break and there is season two. The problem with this season 2, if the story remains the same, it is called a replay,” Golez said.


He, however, could not comment on Gordon’s statement that the First Couple should clarify their reported golf game with ZTE officials in China.

He said Mrs. Arroyo, by nature of her position, meets with many people. He said if there would be malice imputed in the golf game, the conclusion would be that the First Couple was involved in the alleged anomaly.


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[rockrhyan1982]

nothing more to say..the deal is closed..political agenda nasd ni..

i-divert nlng sa laing case ang inquiry like pag pulbos sa abussayaf sa mindanao.

[giddyboy]

nothing more to say pud ko bahin ani...except wa nay lain lingaw ang taga oposisyon pahumot para 2010 elections...gabitay man gud ilang surveys compared ni Manny Villar...anything just to ride free publicity.

[vulture08]

hahays politika politika politika......Wat a sad philippines..

[FKtemp]

i just hope that the case against Abalos and Neri will prosper and it is not just for a show.

[eslowrak]

Sige'g balik2x anang zte nga wa may nakakwarta ana, diay CICC, Lampost ug Balili land maoy imbestigaha kay diay klarong nakakwarta ani.

[Fuhrer und Reichskanzler]

ambot lang nila, sila ray nakahibaw sa tinuod ana... parehas rana silang tanan, politika jud dri pwerting nindota....

[cebulifer]

patay naman ning issue sa zte oi!

[beta]

dapat na imbestigahan oi kay para masuta jud ang tinuod ba. inatay klaro kaau nga naa juy anomaly ato, nya nahilum lang tungod kay natabunan sa laing isyu, murag sa bugas man cguro. nga murag manipultd sad to divert the attention of the public on the issue bout ZTE. putik!!!!

[©harlie M©]

ma end na lng ang term ni PGMA dli pa ni guro ma human na issue....