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00:00On October 23, the Senate again heard the allegations of the abuse of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.
00:06The Senate will now ask the court to face them, the pastor, and the cases of Quiboloy in the Philippines,
00:13apart from his cases in America, where his accomplice was arranged for a lower sentence.
00:21Witness, Joseph Moro.
00:23In the case of Sex and Labor Trafficking Operations in America filed in 2021,
00:32Pastor Apollo Quiboloy's accomplice is Marisa Duenas,
00:35Director of Operations and Human Resources Manager of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ in America.
00:41In a pre-bargaining agreement on October 7,
00:44Duenas was arranged in the Attorney's Office of the Central District of California for a lower sentence.
00:50Based on the document obtained by GMA Integrated News from a reliable source,
00:55Duenas admitted that he is guilty of conspiring or conspiring to commit sham marriages
01:01or pecking marriages of members of the KOJC that they bring to America.
01:06Between 2015 and January 29, 2020,
01:10there were alleged conspiracies with Quiboloy to commit marriage fraud against the law of America.
01:18They often bring members of the KOJC from the Philippines to marry,
01:23to apply for permanent residence status and citizenship.
01:27When they are already married and resident,
01:29Duenas is forced to divorce them to do sham marriages to others.
01:34In Duenas' pre-bargain agreement,
01:36the California Attorney's Office recommends a two-level reduction in the penalty for Duenas.
01:42The case in America where Duenas admitted that he is guilty,
01:46is the reason why Pastor Apolo Quiboloy, his accomplice, is wanted in America.
01:52Here in the Philippines, there is also a case of qualified human trafficking and child sexual abuse of Quiboloy.
01:58Even if Duenas is not with his accomplices of Quiboloy,
02:02in his cases in Quezon City and Pasig Regional Trial Court,
02:05the field of victims who confessed to Quiboloy's conspiracies in America is still happy.
02:11Although it is stated in the pre-bargaining agreement that it is not binding,
02:17but it is just the same.
02:21We are happy because there is significance and relevance here.
02:25The factual basis that is stated in the agreement will conform to our theory here in qualified human trafficking.
02:33It's really the same pattern. That's what we're saying. Same pattern.
02:37This is a welcome development for the Philippine government.
02:41But there needs to be steps taken for us to introduce that evidence here in the Philippines as well.
02:50We are also asking for the approval of KOJC.
02:53According to the DOJ, Quiboloy's run in the Senate in the election of 2025 seems to be related to his cases.
03:01His filing of the Certificate of Candidacy for Senate is a dare to the government to do something fast.
03:10Because if the time comes and he is elected as a senator, then he will have some sort of protection already.
03:21But what we want is for him to face the charges first.
03:25Not to make a mockery of the election system, not to make a mockery of democracy.
03:31The Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance of KONA was questioned by Quiboloy's friend, signed by Atty. Mark Tolentino.
03:39Tolentino said that he is the president of the Workers and Peasants Party or WPP.
03:44And before the 2022 elections, he was the one who signed the KONA by the candidates of the party.
03:50Based on the record of KOMELEC, I am the president of WPP.
03:53I have with me the certification from the KOMELEC.
03:57As you can see, the president there is Mark V. Tolentino.
04:01We also have the authority to sign the KONA from the KOMELEC.
04:05But Atty. Sonny Matula insisted that he is the president of WPP.
04:11They held a party convention where they chose their candidates but Tolentino was not there.
04:19It's like they are hijacking the WPP to improve Apollo Quiboloy.
04:25In our opinion, it's a game of smoke and mirror that our countrymen want to confuse.
04:32I think they are using schemes of magicians to cover up the cases that Apollo Quiboloy is facing.
04:43Matula also showed a sworn list of authorized signatories for the KONA that they submitted to the KOMELEC on September 25.
04:50Atty. Tolentino is not on the list.
04:53According to KOMELEC, the group of Tolentino submitted a list of authorized signatories.
04:58The commission said that it's possible that there are factions in the party.
05:02The factions can fix the issue.
05:05KOMELEC can also do that.
05:06If KOMELEC will fix it, only one faction will be recognized.
05:10The candidates of the other faction will be independent candidates.
05:14The Supreme Court said that KOMELEC is empowered to resolve intra-party disputes.
05:19Our basis will always be the constitutional bylaws of the political party.
05:25For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong is your witness.
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