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00:00Four months from now, the Senate will just start the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:12Senate President Chis Escudero needs to convene an impeachment court that they can only convene if the Senate is in session.
00:20President Bongbong Marcos said that he has nothing to do with the impeachment of the camera against VP Duterte.
00:26We have first news from Mob Gonzales.
00:31Did you have a hand in this impeachment?
00:34No, the executive cannot have a hand in the impeachment.
00:37There is no role of the executive in the impeachment.
00:40President Bongbong Marcos said that he has nothing to do with the impeachment of the camera against Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:47But the convention of thinking, Mr. President, is that nothing comes to pass in the House
00:52without the President or without Malacanang's blessing.
00:55You give me too much credit.
00:59But again, what the House has done is clearly the mandate that they have been,
01:06the constitutional mandate that they have to proceed with the impeachment complaints.
01:12The President did not deny that they talked to congressmen about impeachment.
01:18He convinced his allies not to file a complaint.
01:22But he cannot deny that he will not endorse an impeachment complaint if it is already filed.
01:28His own son was the first to sign on the list of those who endorsed the impeachment.
01:33Congressman Sandro asked for his consent.
01:36Do your duty. You have to support the process.
01:39You are constitutionally mandated to carry out that process.
01:44And you are a congressman, so do your duty. That's what I told him.
01:47I didn't know you'd be the first to sign though.
01:49The President was asked about the online talks
01:52that the exchange of money is of great importance in signing the impeachment.
01:56A little bit over two-thirds, you won't get that kind of system.
02:03I don't think that way of operating would have worked.
02:08For now, the ball is in the Senate.
02:10Senate President Cheese Escudero said
02:13that they cannot start the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte
02:17while the session of the Congress is on break.
02:19The impeachment court needs to convene first
02:22and it can only be done when they are in session.
02:25If there will be an action,
02:30that will happen on June 2,
02:32when the Senate resumes,
02:34after the election,
02:36we will not be able to hasten it.
02:39In December, the former impeachment complaints against Vice President Duterte were brought to the Camera.
02:44On the last day of their session,
02:46the articles of impeachment were brought to the Senate.
02:48If they keep on banging on this,
02:50maybe they don't have a basis
02:52to make it easy for us.
02:54I don't think it's right
02:56that after they've been sitting here for a few months,
02:58they will force us
03:00and tell us
03:02whoever is from the Camera
03:04to hurry up
03:06and take action.
03:08No,
03:10that's not how it is
03:12that's not how it is.
03:14For me, the impeachment process
03:16doesn't matter
03:18if you are in favor or against,
03:20it doesn't matter if the convicts agree or not.
03:22What's important for me
03:24as the President of the Senate
03:26is to be credible,
03:28trustworthy,
03:30and justice will be served.
03:32There's still a lot that needs to be done
03:34including verifying the evidence
03:36of the Congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint.
03:38Escudero said
03:40the signature
03:42should be personally signed
03:44by the Congressmen
03:46in front of the House Secretary-General.
03:48The verified signature
03:50should reach 102
03:52so that it's clear
03:54that the complaint was transmitted
03:56to the Senate.
03:58On the question
04:00if the President
04:02can call a special session.
04:04If the Senators ask for it, yes.
04:06Again, they will decide.
04:08We are not the ones who decide.
04:10The call for a special session
04:12as far as I know
04:14is not to convene the impeachment court.
04:16Escudero said
04:18if the remaining days
04:20of the 19th Congress will be held,
04:22the impeachment trial will be held
04:24on the 20th Congress
04:26and they will decide
04:28if VP Sara will be convicted or not.
04:30This means that the 12 Senators
04:32who will be voted in the election
04:34will be included
04:36VP Duterte
04:38can be called if necessary.
04:40That is part of the rights
04:42of an accused under the Bill of Rights
04:44to confront his or
04:46to confront the witnesses
04:48against her.
04:50That is her right.
04:52Every hearing, she has the right
04:54to speak as a lawyer
04:56because she can stand
04:58as a lawyer for herself
05:00or she can stand as a witness.
05:02But she cannot
05:04force her to testify
05:06in the case
05:08because it will violate, on the other hand,
05:10the right against self-incrimination.
05:12So she cannot be called
05:14by the prosecution
05:16to ask if she doesn't want to.
05:18If Duterte is called
05:20and she doesn't go,
05:22the Senate has the power
05:24to issue a subpoena.
05:26This is the first news.
05:28Mav Gonzales for GMA Integrated News.
05:34For Different Views in our country.