’Twas Senator Aquilino Pimentel III who said it, not Senator Teofisto Guingona III

I noted that the editorial in the March 5 issue of the Inquirer (“Special court necessary”) attributed the following statements to me:

“‘The Sandiganbayan is already a special court,’ he said, warning it may be thought that trust in the antigraft court had been eroded. ‘Baka sabihin indirectly na nawawalan na tayo ng tiwala sa Sandiganbayan’.”

I would like to make the following of record: One, I never made these statements, neither in public nor in private huddle. Two, I have not taken any position on the issue of special courts.

It, therefore, both puzzles and worries me that the editorial attributed those statements to me.

—SEN. TEOFISTO “TG” GUINGONA III, RM 502 Senate of the Philippines,

GSIS Financial Center

CCP Complex, Pasay City

The statement was made by Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, not by Sen. Teofisto Guingona III. Our regrets—Ed.