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Gonzales denies orchestrating Sabah standoff

March 4, 2013, 7:39 am
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By Dharel Placido, ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 03/04/2013 10:05 AM | Updated as of 03/04/2013 4:18 PM
 
MANILA – Former national security adviser Norberto Gonzales on Monday denied goading the Sultanate of Sulu to intrude on Sabah to press its claim on the resource-rich Malaysian territory.
Gonzales, who worked under the Arroyo administration, said he would not do such a thing since he knows very well its repercussions.
"Iyung sinasabing ako ang nagtulak para sila ay pumunta sa Sabah, eh alam mo naman ang naging katungkulan natin nung araw. Alam natin ang implikasyon ng ganyang klaseng pag-aksyon, so 'di natin pwedeng gawin iyan kahit pa tayo ay 'di na kasama sa gobyerno. Siyempre iniintindi natin ang interes ng ating bayan," Gonzales told dzMM.
"Ang hindi ko maintindihan, mukhang tayo eh paborito kapag may nangyayaring gulo dito sa atin eh. Sana huwag namang ganyan. Iyung may mga malulubhang problema, sa halip na maghanap ng sisisihin, eh tignan ng husto ang problema at nang mabigyan ng solusyon."
Nonetheless, Gonzales said he is surprised by Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III's decision to send troops to Sabah to assert their Sabah claim.
"Pero si Sultan Jamalul, isa sa pinakamahinahon iyan at siya ang madaling kausapin. Hindi iyan gumagamit ng violence eh. Nagugulat nga ako na ang kapatid niya (crown prince Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram) na madinig natin pumunta na ng Sabah," he said.
"Hindi ugali ng sultanate iyon. Sa tingin ko, kung nangyari iyan, eh talagang yung pagtitiis niya ay umabot na sa sukdulan."
Kiram, who ran for senator in 2007 elections under the administration ticket, has been lamenting the Aquino administration's supposed lack of support for their cause.
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