Roque said Bolante’s lawyer is not completely correct. He said: “While the commission of a heinous crime such as plunder and being a fugitive from a Senate warrant of arrest may seem ‘not germane’ to a change in status, US laws still require that he must not suffer from any ‘ground for inadmissibility’.
Sabi ni Harry Roque, abogado at professor sa Univeristy of the Philippines na nagsampa ng oposisyon sa korte sa Amerika sa pagbigay ng asylum kay Bolante: “Ang saya ni Joc-Joc. Habang ang libo-libong Pilipino ay nagtitiis sa hindi makataong kulungan sa iba’t-ibang parte ng mundo, gusto niya ay special treatment.”