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00:00I was talking to someone and I told him that if I die, kill BBM, Lisa Araneta and Martin Romales. No joke. No joke. I made a deal, ma'am.
00:18If I die, I said don't stop until you kill them. And then he said yes.
00:29Two days after the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte, President Mg. Marcos was angry.
00:35If the plan to kill a president is that easy, how about the common people?
00:43We should not let such criminals cross the line. That is my message.
00:52According to the President, the discussion would be over if he will continue to swear the oath of allegiance of the common people to tell the truth.
00:59I would not be involved in this drama if the legitimate questions to the Senate and the House of Representatives would be answered.
01:09The truth should not be talked about. Instead of giving a straightforward answer, they are trying to make it sound like a joke.
01:17VP Sara is back.
01:19I will not overlook what they are doing to me.
01:22She has a grudge against the President for his statements.
01:25The entire country was shocked when their family killed Binigno Aquino Jr.
01:31In the first statement, VP Sara said that her statements were maliciously taken out of context,
01:38which is considered a national security concern of the National Security Council or NSC.
01:42She also challenged the NSC to give her a copy of the notice, list of attendees, pictures and notarized minutes of testimony,
01:50where the NSC agreed that her statements are considered a national security concern.
01:55She also said that the NSC's next agenda should include her request to present evidence to the Vice President, the Office of the Vice President and its people.
02:07The NSC said that the threat to the President is a national security concern.
02:17But apparently, they really do not consider the threat to the Vice President as anything of a concern.
02:25What kind of country is this?
02:27Isn't the Vice President part of the government?
02:30Didn't the people vote for me?
02:33Am I not the Vice President of the entire Philippines, of all Filipinos?
02:38The Vice President said that she doesn't expect the government to be fair to them.
02:43This is clear political harassment. This is clear political persecution.
02:49If it's a threat to you, it doesn't matter. If it's a threat to them, national security, where are you?
02:55As part of their so-called serious threat to the life of the President, the Presidential Security Command doubled their security.
03:03They are on a red alert since this Saturday and will be on alert to monitor the President for the next few days.
03:10The official of the Department of Justice called the Vice President a self-confessed mastermind
03:15and said that he will use all of the government's forces to target the assassin he's talking about.
03:20The premeditated plot to assassinate the President as declared by the self-confessed mastermind will now face legal consequences.
03:35We will use all the resources of government, all law enforcement agents, to find out the identity of this assassin
03:46and the legal consequences arising out of this criminal plot will be dealt with the full force of the law.
03:55The National Bureau of Investigation will have VP Sara subpoena and will be given five days to face the authorities.
04:02We didn't arrest the Vice President right away because she's the Vice President. She's a high-ranking official.
04:11So we are giving her a chance, due process, to answer.
04:17The Vice President is ready to face the authorities.
04:19I would gladly answer their questions, but they should also answer my questions to them.
04:32We will talk to them once the subpoena is there.
04:35The NBI is also preserving the video as evidence in the META.
04:39The PNP-CIDG investigation has begun, according to the statements of the Vice President.
04:45That's the aim of the PNP. That's the specifics. We are at that level. That's what we will reach.
04:55If there's a hitman, if there's no hitman, or if it's a figure of speech. That's what we will look into.
05:05According to the DOJ, many criminal cases can be filed against the Vice President.
05:10He can also be disciplined by the Ombudsman and can be disbarred or his license can be removed as a lawyer.
05:17Very bad precedent for our country if we will not take legal action on these kinds of threats coming from a very high-ranking official.
05:27We have to maintain order in a civilized society by adherence to the rule of law.
05:34We will apply the full strength and force of the law.
05:39A threat to the President is a threat to every Filipino because he is the one expected to deliver the service.
05:46If he is impeded because of that threat, then it is a disservice to our people.
05:51For GMA Integrated News, Ivan Mayrin is your witness.
05:59Do you certify to the correctness of the liquidation reports on the use of the debt and confidential funds?
06:06Mr. Chair, we don't have a partner here. We don't have a point of order for us.
06:11How can you ask a resource person without giving him copies, without giving him copies?
06:18Madam Vice President, please wait to be recognized.
06:21Give him copies.
06:24Vice President Sara Duterte left while congressmen were questioning her former special disbursing officer in DepEd, Edward Fajarda.
06:32Gate ng Bise, why didn't you immediately give a copy of the document to the staff of the Office of the Vice President?
06:38At this point, Vice President Duterte and Congresswoman Franz Castro also responded.
06:43Representative ACOP is asking our resource person, why is it that the Vice President is batting?
06:51Yes, ma'am.
06:52It's a point of order.
06:53It shouldn't be like that, ma'am.
06:54It shouldn't be like that, ma'am.
06:55It shouldn't be like that, ma'am.
06:56One minute is just a clear condition.
06:57One minute is just a clear condition.
06:58Well, point of order.
06:59When the hearing was suspended, Bise was killed by congressmen.
07:07Four OVP staff were present at the hearing earlier.
07:09They were first contempted and arrested by the committee because they did not attend the hearing several times.
07:14But Bise's chief of staff, Atty. Zulaika Lopez, who is still at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, was not present.
07:20In Lopez's excuse letter, he was not able to attend because of acute stress disorder.
07:25What his doctors are not saying here is that he is not physically incapable of attending today's hearing.
07:36I just find it a little bit odd, Mr. Chair, that it is not mentioned here that because of his condition, he will not be able to attend.
07:49Because Lopez did not attend today's hearing and because of what happened this weekend,
07:53the committee decided to add five more days for the contempt order to Lopez that should be completed today.
08:01I move, Mr. Chair, that the period of detention of Atty. Lopez be ten days instead of five days.
08:10Because he will not be able to attend today's hearing.
08:14We have seen in the history of his evasive attitude, behavior, and his creation that he is lying,
08:27that he was not harassed or barged in.
08:32The room is included in all the events, Mr. Chair.
08:37The extension of the contempt order was issued by the congressmen who are allies of the Duterte, as well as by the Vice President.
08:44Point of the Vice President.
08:45Why is it that in order for Lopez to be able to meet with the four DepEd officials,
08:50the President is the one who is receiving the resignation of the Assistant Secretary and Undersecretary,
08:55as well as the Appointing Authority?
08:57Madam Vice President,
08:58I asked you earlier, I'm sorry sir, I asked you earlier, who is the Appointing Authority?
09:04What is your answer?
09:05Secretary.
09:06You don't know.
09:07I haven't answered yet.
09:09I saw you, answer.
09:11Camera.
09:14I saw you, answer.
09:15You said Secretary.
09:16You don't know everything.
09:18The one who is on fire is the President.
09:21One minute suspension is declared by the Chair.
09:23The tension escalated and the Vice President asked to reconsider the extension of the contempt order to Lopez.
09:30You need to reconsider that extension of your detention.
09:33It was illegal in the first place.
09:35You asked the President why he accepted the resignation.
09:40Do not ask due process.
09:43If you have any question insofar as the actions of this committee are concerned,
09:49I think the proper remedy is for you to go to the court.
09:53Sir, I will go to court.
09:55Yes.
09:56But every day, you are depriving a person of her liberty while I await.
10:04That is precisely the point, ma'am.
10:06If our action of detaining your Chief of Staff is against the law,
10:12I think the proper remedy, and I think you're a lawyer.
10:15Yes, sir.
10:16The proper remedy is to go to the court.
10:18Sir, do you really want to show the Filipino people what you know about the law?
10:24That is the decision of the committee as a whole.
10:27I'm just helping you, sir, because the Filipinos are ashamed.
10:30Is this what the House of Representatives is like?
10:34On Saturday, Lopez was emotional as she was shown how and where the camera men took her to her detention room this Friday night.
10:43This is not just harassment.
10:47This is a threat to my life.
10:54They get up on you in the middle of the night?
10:58Lopez will be transferred to the Women's Correctional Facility in Mandaluyong,
11:03which is next to the committee's office.
11:04They bring ten people to serve you in the middle of the night?
11:09They just badger and go to your room and then demand you to go with them?
11:13Their life is already closed.
11:15Like this, dark.
11:17And then they take that on your door, take it back, and then this entered.
11:24Lopez was immediately taken to the hospital after her condition worsened.
11:29She vomited, vomited, vomited, and then collapsed.
11:32Duterte also complained that the ambulance would not immediately bring Lopez to the hospital.
11:38And while Lopez was taking her to the stretcher, she screamed.
11:42Ma'am, someone stole your cell phone. Give it back.
11:45According to Lopez in her online briefing,
11:48those who went to her room to get her cell phone were demanded.
11:52I believe that it was an attempted homicide because she feared for her life.
11:59Why do you have to antagonize a detainee who is fully cooperating with everything she needs to do
12:11so that this f****** hearing can end?
12:14But the gate of the House Sergeant at Arms, Retired Police Major General Napoleon Taas,
12:19they did not violate any of Lopez's rights.
12:23Only four people entered, three women, and behind them was a male lawyer.
12:30A video was shown in which a woman and a female security guard,
12:36a woman wearing a police uniform, and a man wearing a black jacket.
12:40Ma'am, can we open the door?
12:44Do you need to wear a robe or what?
12:48In the video also shown in the hearing,
12:50the camera footage shows that Lopez and her companion were talking in the room.
12:54Later, Lopez took something and returned the cell phone that was given to her companion.
13:00Here, we can see that there was no escalation, it was not stolen.
13:04It was not forcibly taken from them.
13:06It was removed from their possession and placed on the table.
13:09The cell phone was left inside the cell.
13:13For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, your Saksi.
13:17Because we are here to serve and protect.
13:20Since the day that Zulaika Lopez was brought here to the VMMCCOVP Chief of Staff,
13:26supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte and her family came to support her.
13:32Duterte! Duterte! Duterte!
13:36This is a show of support for Vice President Sara Duterte,
13:38who they consider to be the main opposition of the administration.
13:41This is also a show of support for what is happening in Vice's office.
13:44Until now, Vice President Sara Duterte and Atty. Lopez will not leave here.
13:50Their members are from different parts of the country.
13:53Because we can see that there is no opposition that is standing.
13:58We need to call on the Filipino people.
14:04After facing the camera,
14:06Vice President Sara Duterte returned to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City this evening.
14:12Last Saturday evening,
14:14the Special Dispersing Officer of the Office of the Vice President, Gina Acosta, was brought here.
14:18She was with the congressmen who questioned the confidential funds of OVP and DepEd.
14:24She was in a wheelchair and was trying to get out of the camera.
14:27According to VP Sara, the pressure of Acosta is 150 over 100.
14:31The Chief of Staff of VP Sara, Atty. Zulaika Lopez, is also staying at the VMMC.
14:37When Atty. Lopez was brought to the committee that is scheduled to be held on November 24,
14:41Lopez apologized for not being able to attend the hearing today.
14:45This is close to the certificate of confinement of the VMMC,
14:48where Lopez is said to have an acute stress disorder.
14:51It's hard for her to sleep, she's afraid, she has nightmares, and her shoulders and back are aching.
14:56VP Sara is also a victim of psychological and neuropsychiatric tests,
15:01as well as drug tests.
15:02But she is also a victim of drug tests from government officials.
15:06All the employees of the Office of the President,
15:15the Office of the Vice President,
15:18all the offices of the Senate,
15:22all the offices of the House of Representatives,
15:27all the departments of our country, of our government.
15:37In the plenary of the House of Representatives,
15:41Speaker Martin Romualdez answered the questions of Vice President Sara Duterte.
15:46It is alarming and it is impossible to ignore the confession of Vice President
15:50that she has a contract to kill President Bongbong Marcos,
15:53First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and Speaker Romualdez.
15:57Because these kinds of words are dangerous, she needs to be answered.
16:02This is no longer a joke. This is no longer a normal conversation.
16:06This is a direct threat to our democracy, to our security, and to the security of the country.
16:20Such statement is not just reckless, it is dangerous.
16:24It sends a chilling message to our people.
16:28A message that violence can be contemplated by those in positions of power.
16:39The Vice President's unfounded and baseless accusations
16:44that I am plotting to destroy her because of alleged political ambitions for 2028 elections.
16:53My colleagues, these accusations are not only untrue,
16:57they are a desperate attempt to distract from the real issues at hand.
17:02The issues surrounding confidential and intelligence funds,
17:06the questionable disbursements, and the lack of transparency demand answers.
17:12We will not tolerate and accept vague explanations and evasive responses.
17:20If you have nothing to hide, why don't you answer the questions?
17:24It is the right of the people to know the truth.
17:28Senator Romualdez did not comply with the protocols of the Camera.
17:33Disrespect for the protocols, security measures, and leadership of this institution
17:40is not just a breach of rules, it is a breach of trust.
17:45After Romualdez's speech, some congressmen also spoke
17:49to condemn the statements of the Vice President
17:52and called for an investigation to be carried out in order for him to be held accountable.
17:56The House must take immediate action.
17:59We must call for a full investigation into the Vice President.
18:04Mr. Speaker, the behavior cannot just be tolerated.
18:08And we demand that the Vice President face the full force of the law for actions.
18:14We cannot and will not allow anyone, even the Vice President,
18:20to threaten the very foundation of this Republic.
18:24Congressmen also held a resolution asking for support from the President and Speaker.
18:29After the speech, lawmakers, including Romualdez,
18:34as well as VP Sara's allies, former President and former Second District Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
18:41Romualdez's jump was seen by VP Sara, who was inside the Chamber at that time.
18:47We are still trying to get her statement from what Romualdez said.
18:51For GMA Integrated News, Mackie Pulido, your Saksi.
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