Various irregular forces are operating on their own. It's easy for them not to follow the higher-ups.

Yes, (Gonzales) said there’s a contract, ... But he did not (explain it) and said, ‘Sir, I’ll just put this in writing. I’ll report to you so we will know what it is that can be divulged as far as that particular contract is concerned.’

Don Emilio and Lucio Tan are not exactly on good terms. So there is something to this.

We leave it to the people's discernment on whether their attacks on the president are in keeping with their role as church leaders.

They have to get authority from the President through their department heads,

While they are not being prevented, [Article 6,] Section 22 of the Constitution provides that they have to get the authority from the President through their department heads,