Royina Garma has already admitted her part in launching former president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs, but she's still adamant about her innocence in the 2020 assassination of fellow Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) official Wesley Barayuga.
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00:00Now, how about the death of General Wesley Barayuga?
00:06Tell us the truth about that.
00:08Yes, sir.
00:10I don't know, sir, if you can come up with a theory on this.
00:14No, I'm not very into any theory. I do not want a theory. I want the truth.
00:18Yeah, I am explaining because up to now, it has puzzled me.
00:22After I heard the testimony of General Pinili, that he talked with Usec Kitain and Senator Bongo,
00:30that's when I did my own analysis on the information.
00:37Because in March, when the President announced that I will assume as General Manager of PCSO,
00:44my classmate, Clarence Dongail, texted me.
00:50Clarence Dongail, who is in the Philippines, Mr. Chair.
00:54He texted me, saying,
00:56Oh, you're going to be a PCSO.
00:58He said,
00:59No, it's not a text, it's a call.
01:01You're going to be a PCSO.
01:03Who told you that?
01:05Clarence Dongail.
01:07Clarence Dongail.
01:09At that time, a lot of my classmates were calling me.
01:12I do not know where they were getting my phone number.
01:15I think everybody knows my phone number during that time.
01:18He called me.
01:19He said,
01:20You're going to be a PCSO.
01:22Did you know that your board secretary is involved in drugs?
01:26I said,
01:27Yes.
01:28I said,
01:29Yes, it was just hidden by Class 83.
01:31That's his term to me.
01:33Then I said,
01:35I don't know that.
01:36I said,
01:37He already told a lot of stories.
01:40So what I did, sir,
01:42I relayed it.
01:44That's it, sir.
01:45And he mentioned the name,
01:46the name of General Barayuga.
01:48Yes, he said,
01:49Barayuga, because he reached,
01:51he reached,
01:53he reached,
01:57where General Barayuga was assigned,
02:01and where he was assigned before,
02:03when he was a junior officer,
02:05before he was imprisoned.
02:07So what I did only, sir,
02:08since I don't have the resources to validate or whatever,
02:11I just relayed the info for validation.
02:16It's common knowledge, Colonel Garma,
02:19that you and General Barayuga have some altercations, right?
02:25No, Mr. Chair.
02:26That there are some things that you do not agree on.
02:29No, Mr. Chair.
02:31Okay.
02:32What is that?
02:33Our friendship with General Barayuga is okay.
02:36We don't argue.
02:37We didn't argue, Mr. Chair.
02:39So you do not argue with him as far as the operations of the STL is concerned?
02:44He's not there.
02:45He's the board secretary.
02:47He just handles the board resolutions,
02:50takes notes of the board meetings.
02:52No decision-making, Mr. Chair.
02:54Is it true that you were the one that provided the pictures of Barayuga to Lieutenant Colonel Mendoza?
03:02No, Mr. Chair.
03:03I did not.
03:04You did not provide any picture at all?
03:06No.
03:07No, Mr. Chair.
03:08I did not.
03:09What do you have to say now, Colonel Garma,
03:11that you have nothing to do with the death, with the killing of General Barayuga?
03:19Nothing, Mr. Chair.
03:20Nothing?
03:21Nothing.
03:22So therefore, what Lieutenant Colonel Mendoza said is actually wrong?
03:29Yes, Mr. Chair.
03:32So you are now saying to us here, truthfully, that you have nothing to do with the death of General Barayuga?
03:42Yes, Mr. Chair.