MANILA, Philippines — Former Sharia Court Judge Nagamura Moner has directly linked former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo into the alleged massive cheating in 2004 during Tuesday’s hearing in the Senate.
Testifying before the blue ribbon committee, Moner said he talked to Arroyo over the phone sometime on May 14, 2004 and received an instruction to ensure the victory of his wife, then President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“I received a call from Cusi asking me where I am…and he passed the phone to Mike arroyo and Mike Arroyo asked me where I am,” he told the committee, referring to former Philippine Ports Authority general manager Alfonso Cusi.
“He (Mr. Arroyo) just told me to do everything for the President (Mrs. Arroyo) and after the elections I will take care of you and your family,” Moner said.
Before this, Moner said Cusi called him in the evening of May 13, 2004, “Telling me that I should go to Cotabato City , Tawi tawi and Sulu in that order to find a way what can be done for the President on those areas because (President Gloria Arroyo) was losing in those areas.”
“At first I refused telling Cusi I am not from those areas and there’s not much I can do in those areas,” he said.
Moner was one of the passengers of a helicopter, allegedly owned by the former First Gentleman.
The used choppers allegedly sold as brand new to the Philippine National Police was the subject of the investigation by the committee.