Just tell the truth says Jose de Venecia

Ousted speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., in a privilege speech Wednesday, called on Commission on Higher Education Chairman Romulo Neri to go to the Senate, testify and tell the truth about the anomalies involving the scrapped national broadband network (NBN) deal."I ask you Secretary Romy Neri, 'wag na nating ibitin ang taong bayan (let's not keep the people waiting). Go, present yourself to the Senate, you have nothing to fear, nothing to hide," he said.In his speech, de Venecia linked Malacañang to the NBN controversy but fell short of explicitly linking President Arroyo directly to the scandal.“And I declare that the one issue that must not escape our moral scrutiny—the one issue that must prick the conscience of this House and this nation—is the issue of massive corruption involving the NBN-ZTE deal that has now engulfed the people in the President’s innermost circle,” said de Venecia.“Madame President if you're listening, I pray to God—honestly and sincerely—that Malacañang is not involved; that Malacañang’s hands are clean; and that Malacañang’s conscience is clear,” said de Venecia."But every day, with a new courageous witness coming forward with an unshakeable tale of avarice and abuse of power, the emerging picture from this jigsaw puzzle is putting Malacañang ever closer to the center of this firestorm—this hideous conspiracy to extract billions of pesos in kickbacks from the NBN deal with the Chinese corporation ZTE," said de Venecia.Not deviating from the tone that he had set in his previous privilege speech just before the House vote for his ouster, the representative of Pangasinan's 4th district continued his tirade against First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo, the two Arroyo sons, business tycoon Enrique Razon and this time on Camarines Sur 2nd Rep. Luis Villafuerte, Kablikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI) president which he believed were responsible for his ouster.Villafuerte on Tuesday had delivered a privilege speech as he explained the reasons for de Venecia’s ouster was not connected to the NBN controversy but on irregularities during de Venecia's term.“Yesterday, the man who—in conspiracy with the First Gentleman, with their two sons in this House, and with the most powerful crony capitalist under this Administration, Enrique Razon—orchestrated a change in the leadership of the House a week ago—this man rose again to malign my person and to peddle the foulest lies about my leadership and the collective performance of this activist House that you and I carefully built together,” said de Venecia.