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FACT SHEET ON VILLAR CONTROVERSY

• In a press release dated 1 December 2007 entitled “Villar leads

inauguration of major highway,” he took credit for the P68
Million newly constructed C5- Merville Access Road. The press
release stated:

“The 6.10 km road is designed to decongest the main service road

networks such as the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), EDSA,
Pres.Quirino, MIAA Road networks and Roxas Blvd. It starts from
SLEX west service road passes through MIAA Property, RSG
Subdivision and Kaingin Road towards Multi-National Avenue
and ultimately traverses SM, AMVEL towards Sucat Road in
Paranaque City.”

“Villar is also responsible for the Las Pinas-Muntinlupa-Laguna-

Cavite (LPMLC) link road, more popularly known as Daang Hari,
and the Zapote-Molino Link Road which greatly eased traffic in
Cavite.”

• In a Press Release dated September 9, 2008, entitled

“TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE WITH SENATE
PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR,” as posted in the Senate website,
the Senate President was asked and replied as follows:

: Bakit si Secretary Andaya hindi aware dito?

Villar: Hindi talaga aware din dahil this is a DPWH project.

Ngayon malalaman na niya kung paano ang nangyari. Hindi ko
naman dini-deny na talagang gusto ko ang project na ito.
Talagang marami akong ina-advocate na project. Number 1
itong Daang Hari, ina-advocate ko iyan. Hindi pa tapos iyan.
Number 2, itong C5 extension. Gusto ko ring ma-extend sana
iyong NLEX from Tarlac hanggang Urdaneta. Ang problema rito
sa atin, iyong mga walang nagagawa, naninira. Sana man lang
ipakita nila ang kanilang mga ginagawa at iharap nila sa tao.
Bilang isang public official, hinahanapan kami ng performance.
Siguro dapat naman ay may maipakita ka man lang. nasaan ba ang
bayan mo, ano ba ang maipapakita mo sa bayan mo? Ano ba ang
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nagawa mo roon? Kung sa mismong bayan mo wala kang

nagagawa, paano ang gagawin mo sa Pilipinas kung sa bayan
mo wala kang naipapakita? Ang isang public official ay
kailangang magpakita ng kanyang nagawa, hindi iyong bira ka
lamang nang bira.

• Why is Senate President Villar advocating these two projects – C5

Road extension and Daang Hari Road?

Britanny Corporation has two on-going development projects in

the area – Portofino South and La Marea.

The following is the outline of the corporate structure of Britanny

Corporation:

As per the GENERAL INFORMATION SHEET (GIS) submitted

to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the year
2008 (filed on 17 April 2008), Brittany Corporation is 99.96%
owned by VISTA LAND & LANDSCAPES, INC.

As per the 2007 GIS submitted to the SEC on 9 July 2007, VISTA
LAND’s stockholders included the following:

i. FINE PROPERTIES, INC. (67.2% ownership)

As per the 2007 GIS submitted to the SEC on 4 June 2007,

Fine Properties’ stockholders included the following:

MANUEL B. VILLAR, JR. (51.02% ownership)

CYNTHIA A. VILLAR (48.86% ownership)

MANUEL PAOLO A. VILLAR (0.02% ownership)

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ii. ADELFA PROPERTIES, INC. (12.2% ownership)

As per the 2007 GIS submitted to the SEC on 20 February

2007, Adelfa Properties’ stockholders included the
following:

MANUEL B. VILLAR, JR. (52% ownership)

CYNTHIA A. VILLAR (48% ownership)

• In separate interviews before media, SP always said that, in cases

involving government right of way, the companies which he owns
does not get paid. They just donate the property. This is not true.

In the Masterlist of Road Right of Way claims dated 30 April 2008

submitted by the DPWH to the Senate Legislative Budget
Research Management Office (LBRMO) signed by one Carmelita
Aranda (Engineer II) and Florendo Flores, Jr (Engineer IV). Vista
Verde South has an outstanding claim for right of way
compensation with the DPWH-Region IV A in the amount of
P1,064,800.00 for the Molino Blvd., Nog Maambog Sector Phase
II.

• This is not the first time that Senator Villar is accused of using
government resources and accommodation to favor his personal
interest. On 17 August 1998, in a privilege speech, then
Representative Joker Arroyo stood before the House of
Representatives and accused then Speaker Manny Villar of
violating the constitution, code of conduct and ethical standards for
public officials (RA 6713) and the Anti-Graft and Corrupt
Practices Act (RA 3019).
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According to then Representative Arroyo, ironically now one of

Senator Villar’s ardent defenders:

! Speaker Villar controls the Capitol Bank. Mrs. VIllar

is the Chief Executive Officer. The Capitol Bank
received loans, financial accommodations and
guarantees from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas from
1992 to 1998 while he was a Representative. That is
constitutionally forbidden.

! During our term of office, each one of us, it shall be

unlawful for us to author any law or resolution that
would benefit or favor us. The above prohibition shall
apply even to that representative who just
recommended, not even authored, the enactment of
such law that benefited him.

! Speaker Villar’s companies are developing or have

developed 5,950 hectares or almost 60,000,000 square
meters of CARP Lands into residential subdivisions
without the appropriate DAR issuances that would
authorize such lands to be used for residential
purposes. A traducement of the constitutionally
directed CARP Law.

! Public Office is a public trust. We the respresentatives

of the people pay a price for getting elected to public
office. The constitution imposes on us certain
constraints which we must follow to the letter.