Punto de Vista: Pagharap sa Kongreso ni Vice President Sara Duterte kahapon, muling nabalot ng kontrobersiya

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00:00Vice President Sara Duterte was in front of the Congress yesterday, but she was again covered by controversy after she did not take an oath because of the camera.

00:09What message is this sending to the public?

00:12This is where Professor Antonio Contreras will go this morning on Punto de Vista, Professor.

00:23Thank you very much, Diane, and good morning to all of you in the studio.

00:27To your question, what is the meaning of this?

00:30The answer is simple.

00:32What Vice President Sara Duterte is showing us is that she is a different species from other officials because she should not take an oath when she appears in Congress.

00:48Because she said that she is a resource person and not a witness, and according to the unpublished rules of the Congress, only witnesses are allowed to take an oath.

01:00Her ally, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, also supported this.

01:05Of course, as a researcher, as an academic, we also do research, we look at jurisprudence and laws.

01:12And we see that sometimes, there is no distinction, at least when it comes to hearing in aid of legislation and hearing in aid of performing the oversight functions of the Congress,

01:25that the Supreme Court does not say that the witness is different from the resource person,

01:30even though they said in the ruling that there are criminal cases where the witness is different from the accused.

01:37But here, the accused is not included.

01:39In fact, the logic is, why should there be a witness when this is a hearing that is not criminal in nature?

01:46So all the people invited there are resource persons.

01:50In fact, in the ruling of BALAG, a case regarding hearing in aid of legislation, contempt powers of Congress,

02:01the court even said in its decision, witness or resource persons.

02:06In fact, in the last decision where the Supreme Court decided the case of Uy and Ong against the Senate in 2023,

02:16the resource person said interchangeably, sometimes witness.

02:21Because of that, there is no distinction.

02:24Because the nature of the hearing is in aid of legislation or in the performance of the oversight functions.

02:31So there is no accused there.

02:33That is why the vice president is accused.

02:41He was accused when he first appeared in the budget hearing.

02:43He is not a witness there. He is also a resource person.

02:46So obviously, they are just trying to play politics.

02:51She is accusing Congress of playing politics when she herself is also playing politics.

02:56I hope that in this chaos, in these positions, what they are talking about is accountability.

03:04Why do we need to have these hearings?

03:07Because we want our public officials to be accountable.

03:10If vice president Sara Luterte does not want her to be accountable,

03:15I hope she will not run or sit in the positions where accountability is needed.

03:22If you are a private citizen and you are not spending money from the government,

03:26you will not be called to Congress to explain how you are spending your money.

03:32Second, it's an issue of equality.

03:34That we should be equal.

03:35We should look at the law equally. There is no exception.

03:40And this is the point here.

03:42The point here is that you are lawful citizens.

03:45Do your responsibilities.

03:48Do your obligations.

03:50We are not playing here.

03:53They are saying that there is an accusation and so on.

03:56Therefore, clarify.

03:58If she really said that she did not do anything wrong,

04:00therefore, make that as an opportunity to explain your budget utilization for the office of the vice president.

04:08They said that if you are not hiding anything,

04:11why do you need to go through the extent of even refusing to take an oath

04:18Previous presidents, Joseph Estrada, Noy Noy Aquino,

04:22they took an oath.

04:24And she herself took an oath when she first appeared in the budget hearing of the appropriations committee.

04:32So, let's talk to the officials, including the vice president.

04:36Let's make it right.

04:37The people are watching.

04:39The youth is also watching.

04:41Let's not teach them wrong practices.

04:45Maybe when they grow up, we will be like them.

04:49That is my point of view for today.

04:52Go back to the studio, Diane.

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