“Kaya kung hindi talaga totoo, ako, payo ko sa kanya, sagutin niya nang diretso,” she added.
According to the story, the proposed General Appropriations Act contained provisions that would disregard all the requirements and safeguards placed under Republic Act No. 8436, which allows the Commission on Elections to do automated polls. “At kung sinasabi ng Inquirer na si Senator Imee yan, siguro dapat sagutin niya nang diretso. Sa aking pagkakaintindi, kapag binasa mo iyong balita, hindi niya sinasagot, dapat sagutin niya. Para kung hindi man siya involved dito, ma-clear niya iyong kaniyang pangalan dahil hindi ito maliit na bagay,” Gutierrez said.