'Kuryente queen' slams 'Corruption king'

**Zeus** · May 7th, 2009 07:07 PM

WORD WAR IN SENATE
‘Kuryente queen’ slams ‘Corruption king’

By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 17:03:00 05/07/2009

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal and former congressman Gilbert Remulla traded barbs over the senator’s claim that Senator Manuel Villar met secretly with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo abroad.

Remulla branded Madrigal as “Kuryente queen” for allegedly making up the story while the senator called him the “Corruption king in Cavite.”
In journalist-speak, “kuryente,” which is Filipino for electricity, means a news report is false or a journalist was fed the wrong information.

Remulla is the spokesman of Villar’s Nacionalista Party while Madrigal is the complainant in the ethics case filed against Villar for allegedly benefiting from the P200-million double entry in the 2008 budget for the rehabilitation of C-5 road.

“Kuryente Queen. Pang apat na yatang kurytente na nakuha nya [That’s the fourth false information she got], from ZTE, PNR, port- X ray machines now this?” Remulla said in an interview at the Senate.
“Nasaan na ang credibility ni Senator Madrigal [Where is Senator Madrigal’s credibility]?” he said.
Remulla said Madrigal should face the ethics committee for “insulting a fellow senator.”
Madrigal shot back at Remulla, whom he described as the “Corruption king in Cavite”

“Maganda nga yan e, Parang nag-unite na yung land grabbing corruption people [so that land-grabbing people can unite]. Villar-Remulla united in corruption and land grabbing,” Madrigal said.
Villar is a billionaire real estate

developer before he joined politics. Remulla comes from a prominent political clan in Cavite province.

Contrary to Remulla’s claim, Madrigal said all her exposés in the Senate were backed up with evidence.

She also stood by her allegation that Villar was supposed to meet with Arroyo, originally in Spain but that meeting reportedly took place in the Middle East.

“The information that is extremely reliable is that Mrs. Villar got a Syrian visa,” Madrigal said, referring to Villar’s wife.

“Why are they so defensive? If they did not meet with the President, their conscience is clear,” she said.

Madrigal also shrugged off Remulla’s statement that she should be the one facing an ethics case at the Senate for making “unparliamentary” remarks against Villar.

“That’s a desperate move from Gilbert Remulla. Why should I be charged with an ethics complaint when the issue here is corruption versus Villar,” she said.

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