Marlene Aguilar-Pollard on son Jason Ivler: "He is the price I pay for being

the kind of person I am."

By Mark Pimentel & Glen P. Sibonga

 
"Everything happens under the will of heaven. If
I lose Jason tomorrow... if he dies tomorrow, you
will find the same peace through my eyes. You
know, we are only instruments here. We are
intruments of God. We are instruments of higher
forces. You and I do not decide who lives or
dies," says Marlene Aguilar-Pollard, mother of
murder suspect Jason Ivler.

Live na na-interview ni Boy Abunda sa The Buzz last

Sunday, January 24 si Marlene Aguilar-Pollard, ang
ina ng murder suspect na si Jason Aguilar Ivler. Si
Marlene ay kapatid ng sikat na folk singer na si
Freddie Aguilar.
 
Matatandaang noong January 18 ay nahuli si Jason
ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) matapos i-raid ang kanilang bahay sa Blue Ridge A subdivision,
Quezon City. Nauwi sa madugong shootout ang insidente na ikinasugat ni Jason. Lumabas na itinatago
raw ni Marlene ang anak sa kanilang bahay at iniligaw nito ang mga awtoridad sa pagsasabing hindi niya
alam ang kinaroroonan ng anak. Sa tulong ng isang impormante ay natunton at nahuli ng NBI si Jason.
 
Tinutugis ng NBI si Jason dahil siya ang main suspect sa pagpatay kay Renato Ebarle Jr., anak ni
Presidential Chief of Staff Renato Ebarle Sr., matapos ang isang away-trapiko noong November 18, 2009
sa Boni Serrano Ave., Quezon City. Bukod sa murder case na ito ay involved din si Jason sa iba pang kaso.
 
Si Jason, 28, ay ipinanganak noong January 7, 1982 sa Massachussets, U.S. Siya ang panganay na anak ni
Marlene sa una nitong asawa na si Robert Ivler.
 
Minsan nang pumasok sa showbiz nang makasama siya sa cast ng defunct youth-oriented show ng GMA-
7 na T.G.I.S. Nakapag-record na rin siya ng rap album na may titulong Jsln, pero hindi ito na-release. Isa
ring ex-U.S. army ranger si Jason at napasabak na sa giyera sa Iraq.
 
FLOATING THROUGH LIFE. Sa simula ng interview ay kinumusta ni Boy si Marlene kaugnay ng hinaharap
nitong sitwasyon.
 
"I don't feel... I don't know... I try to... feel but I don't feel," paputol-putol na tugon ni Marlene. "I'm just
floating through life right now. Waiting... wondering why this is happening to me, to my family, you
know."
 
Sa pagkakataong ito, saan siya humuhugot ng lakas? Ano ang naglalaro sa kanyang isipan?
 
"I believe that everything happens for a grand reason. I believe that there are greater forces up there
and you know, we are not totally in control of our lives. We are affected by greater and unseen forces.
And I humble myself to the will of God. You know, there's a reason why this is happening. I don't know
anyone... I have traveled to 36 countries, I've seen so much of the world. I have never met anyone as
beautiful as Jason," sagot ni Marlene.
 
CONVERSATION WITH JASON. Madamdamin namang ikinuwento ni Marlene ang naging pag-uusap nila
kamakailan ni Jason sa Quirino Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City, kung saan ito naka-confine.
 
"You know, I told him when I saw him recently, I said to him, 'If you go, if a lose you, I don't know life
without you. I'll never know anyone like you.' Tapos sabi niya, 'But we will never be apart. I will never
leave your side no matter what happens. It would just be my body that they will take away from you, I
will remain with you forever.'
 
"Yesterday [Jan. 23], yun ang first time niyang makatayo. Kaya hindi ko maigalaw yung shoulder ko,
naka-cast kanina ito. Tapos sabi niya, 'Help me get up.' So, I helped him get up. Para ko siyang binuhat
na sundalo. And 'eto yung [puwesto niya]. Tumayo siya, tapos niyakap niya lang ako na ang tagal-tagal.
Nandun lang kami nakatayo, nakayakap siya. And he told me how much he loves me. And I told him how
much I love him," lahad ni Marlene.
 
Nag-apologize ba si Jason sa kanya na hinaharap niya ang mahirap na sitwasyong ito ngayon?
 
"Yes, yes. Sabi niya, 'I'm so sorry, I have caused you so much pain.' And I said, 'Don't, don't. It's not your
fault.'"
 
Bilang isang anak na mahal na mahal ang kanyang inang si Nanay Lising, inihayag ni Boy na naiiyak siya at
nasasaktan ngayong nakikita niya si Marlene, na isang inang umiiyak at nagdurusa. Pero ang tanong ng
iba, pagdating sa usapang may kinalaman sa kaso ng kanyang anak na si Jason, hindi kaya ang nakikita
lang ni Marlene ay ang nakikita ng kanyang puso at hindi ng kanyang mga mata?
 
"My husband will tell you that I am one of the most clear-headed person he knows," sagot niya. Ang
asawa ni Marlene ay si Stephen Pollard, British economist na nagtatrabaho sa Asian Development Bank.
 
THE BODYGUARD. Bilang ina ni Jason, si Marlene ang humaharap sa publiko at nakikipaglaban para sa
kanyang anak, na kasalukuyan pang nasa ospital. Pero sinasabi ng NBI na solid ang mga ebidensiyang
may kinalaman ang kanyang anak sa pagkamatay ni Ebarle Jr. Ano ang reaksyon niya rito?
 
"I have a bodyguard, Mark Hausser, he is British. Magkatabi po sila ng kuwarto ni Jason sa ibaba. He has
access to everything. He has access to car. He has access to... if there's a gun there. He has access in and
out of my house. They [Mark and Jason] are in the same quarters," sabi niya.
 
Kasama ba ni Mark si Jason nang mangyari ang insidente?
 
"I found out that he was not home that evening. Bumalik siya, umaga na, lasing na lasing," sabi ni
Marlene.
 
Ipinakumpirma naman ni Boy kay Marlene kung siya ba ang nag-hire kay Mark at kung
nagtatrabaho pa rin ito sa kanila nang maganap ang insidente.
 
"He's been employed by me for almost two years."
 
Noong nangyari ang "road rage" na 'yon, nasaan si Mark?
 
"He wasn't with me," sagot niya.
 
Sa pananalita ni Marlene, tila may kinalaman at isinasabit niya ang kanilang bodyguard na si
Mark sa nangyaring pagpatay kay Ebarle Jr.
 
"Actually, he even told me, 'Ma'am, I'm gonna ask someone in England to send me five thousand
dollars to put in your account because I look like Jason. I might need a lawyer also.' That is what
he said to me."
 
Kailan ito sinabi sa kanya ni Mark?
 
"After the incident."
 
INTELLIGENT, NOT INSANE. Sinasabi ng NBI na ang ginawa ni Marlene na pagtatago kay
Jason at pagpapa-interview sa media na hindi niya alam ang kinaroroonan ng anak is the "highest
form of deception or cover-up." Ano ang comment niya rito?
 
"It is... you know, karapatan po nilang isipin yun," sagot ni Marlene.
 
Pero ilalaban niya ba ito sa korte?
 
"Yes."
 
Para sa kanyang anak?
 
"Yes. For the Philippines."
 
Nagiging kontrobersiyal si Marlene dahil ilan sa kanyang statements ay pawang kontrobersiyal
din, gaya na lang ng sinabi niya na kaya siya hindi naiintindihan ay dahil "maraming mga taong
mangmang," na siya ay "intelligent," at ang iba ay "average people" lamang. Ano ang masasabi
niya rito?
 
"Because most people have average mind. That's not me. That's factual. That's fact," sagot niya.
 
Sinabi niya rin ba na, "Because I'm intelligent, it doesn't make me insane?"
 
"No, it doesn't make you insane," sagot ng ina ni Jason. "What I said is geniuses, a borderline,
insane. But it doesn't make you insane. You know, if you are not understood. You know, when
people do not understand you, they think you're insane. How do you make somebody seven years
old understand Algebra? It's the same thing."
 
Paano siya nagre-react sa mga comment na "insane" siya?
 
"Boy, I have published 11 to 12 titles defending Philippine art and culture. All my books are
about art and culture because I believe that is the soul of our nation. I believe that our problem in
the Philippines is not money, but our soul. Our art and culture represent our soul. I have received
awards and citations both local and international.
 

"So, yung mga tumatawag po sa akin ng baliw, gusto ko lang pong malaman, what have they done for
their country recently? My first novel, Wars of Heaven, has received excellent reviews in the States, in
Eurpoe and here. And my book is my fight, you know, with America for a better Philippines. And if my
people... if the Filipino people would see that as insane, then let it be."
 
PAIN AND ANGER. Noong ipinakita ang footage ng paghuli kay Jason, sinasabi raw ni Jason
na, "Kill me! Kill me!" Is this true?
 
"Yeah, because he believes that his death will give me strength, you know. He is the price I pay
for being the kind of person I am," sabi ni Marlene.
 
Sa mga kantang nilikha ni Jason sa kanyang unreleased album bilang isang rap artist,
mararamdaman na kapag ang sinasabi niya ay tungkol sa kanyang ama at lolo ay there's so much
pain and anger. Paano niya ipapaliwanag ito?
 
"There's so much pain. Yes, there's anger. There is pain because Jason's father [Robert Ivler] was
killed when he [Jason] was two and a half years old. He was found dead in a hotel in Bangkok.
He was killed by a professional killer."
 
MISTAKEN IDENTITY. Pero ano ang reaksiyon niya na isang Jason Aguilar sa Qatar ang
hinuli at ikinulong ng isang linggo matapos itong mapagkamalang si Jason na anak niya?
 
"Yes, I heard about it. Tapos naririnig ko rin na sinasabi ng media na sinira ni Jason Ivler yung
buhay ni Jason Aguilar."
 
How does she react to that?
 
"Ang nagkamali po doon yung mga awtoridad kasi nagkamali sila. Matse-check mo naman yung
identity ng tao kung siya nga yun. Kasalanan po yun ng mga awtoridad na nagkamali doon sa
taong dinampot nila," diin ni Marlene.
 
Sa pamilya ni Renato Ebarle Jr., may mensahe ba siya?
 
"Everything happens under the will of heaven. If I lose Jason tomorrow... if he dies tomorrow,
you will find the same peace through my eyes. You know, we are only instruments here. We are
intruments of God. We are instruments of higher forces. You and I do not decide who lives or
dies."
 
Ano ang dasal niya ngayon sa Diyos?
 
"That we stop hating."
 
Ano naman ang mensahe niya sa kanyang anak bilang isang ina?
 
"Jason, the whole world could turn upside down. I love you always, every minute of the day.
And nothing can ever change that," sambit niya.