‘It was I and Deles talking’

SENATOR Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday claimed that the taped conversation between him and Presidential Peace Adviser Teresita “Ging” Quintos-Deles was authentic, saying they are investigating how the recording was undertaken and how it reached the media.

“Unfortunately I have to say totoo [real]. [I first learned about it on Friday], I was in a place [where there was no Internet [connection]. [But I told my staff t confirm it, I told them to listen to the tape and see if it is really I talking on the tape. They said it was I . . . we can identify precisely it was the meeting between you and Secretary Ging Deles on Monday, so that was the 26th,” the lawmaker told a weekly news forum at the Manila Hotel.