MARGIE JUICO'S WINNING STATEMENTS WITH BOY ABUNDA

 Margie Juico with Boy Abunda in an interview that took place last May 21, 2011 in The Bottom Line, ABS CBN.

Boy: Di umanoy eh bangkarote na daw and PCSO? Paano nagkautang ang PCSO ng ganun kalaki? Popoy di umanoy conrols the PR fund of PCSO?

Juico: Popoy doesnt have anything to do with yung PR.

Boy: Di umanoy ang iyong kapatid ang supplier ng wheelchairs?

Juico: My brother is into the wheelchair business but his is the customized. I don’t think the people that we serve in PCSO will be needing customized wheelchairs running into hundred of thousands. Hindi yata yun.

Boy:  But did you transfer funds to UCPB?

 Juico: Siguro a little but not the whole thing, the whole thing is still with land bank. (Boy: Ok,  And the reason for the transfer?) I think we just transferred it because they were offering bigger interest rates.

Boy: And is that decision solely yours?

Juico: This is a decision by the board. It has to be a collective decision.

Boy: Issue about nepotism. Your son is your chief of staff?

Juico: It’s a confidential position. It's legal and its right.

Boy: You contributed P5 million to the campaign of ah President Noy kaya ikay ay binigyan ng posisyon na ganto?

Juico:  Alam mo Boy, I’ve been  with PCSO I said for the last 12 years as director and probably, the president thought that who else can run it better, who else will know the ins and outs of PCSO than Margie. So he decided to put me there.

Boy: Knina pinaguusapan naten yung internal and external, ano naman ang pinaka malaki na external problem?

Juico: Siguro ung narinig mo lang..

Boy: OK

Juico: Boy, I dont know what he has againts me.

Morato (As a guest bottom liner): Ano ba ang dahilan kung bakit mo inililipat at nirereshuffle ang mga empleyado..bakit may ginawa ba silang masama? Ang mga empleyado sa Manila pinag rereshuffle reshuffle mo? Ang mga emplyeyado sa Cebu, opisina ng PCSO inililipat mo sa Cagayan De Oro? Ung sa Cagayan de Oro inililipat mo sa Cebu o kung san man sa Visayas at Mindanao? Nagiiyak sila kasi madidisrupt anf kanilang and dislocated ang kanilang pamilya. ah May bahay na sa Cebu, its only right kung talagang, may opisina and PCSO sa Cebu, taga Cebu ang ha hirin na mga empliyado at ang opisina sa Cagayan de Oro, taga cagayan de Oro ang i-hire. At sa zamboanga so and so forth, sa Davao, the same thing. Kasi it saves them a lot of money because dun sila located.. may bahay sila.

Boy: Ito'y di man konektado masyado sa rationalization, pero may kinalaman sa reshuffling di umano sa mga empliyado.

Juico: Ang rule of thumb namin dito boy kung kaylangan sila ilipat, ililipat sila dun sa area di nalalyo sa  (Boy: kanilang tinitirhan) yes..

Boy: Kung nasa harap mo si Manoling Morato, ano ang gagawin mo o sasabihin mo sakanya?

Juico: Sasabihin ko Manoling ano ba talaga ang gusto mo? Alam mo I don’t hold any rant or against you. Believe it or not, I still pray for you.

Boy: Bottom line question. Totoo bang wala ng pera and PCSO? OO o HINDI?

Juico: Meron. Madami.

Very simple answers actually, and yet, you will feel the confidence and the righteousness of Ms. Margie Juico in the interview. She was intelligent enough not to stoop down to Manoling's phony mannerisms and nasty accusations against her. I genuinely think that after all of Manoling’s allegations, Juico is capable of handling PCSO very well. Juico, while speaking, remained calm and was thus able to deliver straight-forward replies and answers.

A lot of people have criticized Juico and her board but it seems that PCSO was better off with the leadership of Juico than that of Manoling. If we will all open our minds about the issue, it seems that the former Chairperson of PCSO is just doing and saying nasty things about Juico to cover up all the inequities and failures he has left.

I believe in Juico, and I believe the good intentions that PCSO is doing to help the poor people.

It is time that we set aside the Manoling “intermission” and get back to work.