the next day, on a philippine senate hearing, lozada confirmed his neda boss romulo neri's testimony that commission on elections (comelec) chairman benjamin abalos and arroyo's husband mike arroyo were behind the kickbacks in the deal. lozada's statement was made after he was "abducted" on the orders of department of environment and natural resources (denr) secretary lito atienza, neri, former presidential management staff head michael defensor, secretary for special concerns remedios poblador and deputy executive secretary manuel gaite.