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00:00Possibly, after the State of the Nation address of the President in July, the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte by Senate President Chris Escudero has started.
00:10Part of the preparation of the House Prosecution Team is the filing of bank records of the visa.
00:17Tina Panganiban-Perez has the first news.
00:19As part of our traditional practice, we will...
00:22One of the 11 congressmen who are forming the impeachment prosecution panel, the bank records of Vice President Sara Duterte will be filed.
00:32As part of the seven articles of impeachment against the visa, unexplained wealth will be investigated and all of her wealth will not be declared in the Statement of Assets, Liability, Net Worth, or SAL-N.
00:46This is what we are doing, not only in impeachment, but also in regular courts because impeachment is just one of the exemptions in the Bank Secrecy Law.
01:00What if Vice President Duterte suddenly resigns while the litigation is underway?
01:05Assuming for the sake of argument that he resigned in advance, our opinion here is that the penalty, which is the disqualification, should still be resolved.
01:19Because when he resigns, the only thing that can be resolved is the removal, but we will not decide on the other relief that we are asking for, which is the disqualification.
01:32There are already many lawyers who are voluntarily helping in the impeachment prosecution panel.
01:37How many can the impeachment trial be postponed without the consent of some impeachment prosecutors, which can be done even if the Congress is recessed?
01:47It's not a matter of being rushed or what, right?
01:51Our appreciation here is that this is a constitutional duty that we need really to address.
02:00So whether there's an election or not, it is my humble submission that we need to proceed right away.
02:07We know that the word shall and forthwith were used by our Constitution.
02:16Shall means mandatory and forthwith means immediately.
02:25But of course, we will respect their opinion on this.
02:31But the impeachment prosecutors have not seen a problem if the impeachment trial will be postponed to the 20th Congress.
02:39I wish to submit that the impeachment court is like any other court that if it is recessed, just like there were changes in the personality of the Senate,
02:52what you will just do is to continue where the previous sitting impeachment court judges ended.
03:01In the opinion of Senate President Francis Escudero, the impeachment trial will begin in the next Congress.
03:08The impeachment rules need to be approved by the plenary and it can only be done on June 2 when the session resumes.
03:17Then the pre-trial proceedings will be discussed.
03:20According to Escudero, after the session of the President on July 21, the impeachment trial will begin.
03:28There's a lot more to do before the actual impeachment court needs to sit down and listen to everything.
03:36And within 6 days, even 30 days, it might not be over yet.
03:42That's what Senator Coco, our Minority Leader, said in an interview, that 10 days, 10 days, 10 days, 10 days.
03:47June 30 is already over.
03:49Escudero also does not see a problem if the impeachment trial will be postponed to the 20th Congress.
03:55But whatever the decision of the 19th Congress, it can change the laws that will be legalized in the 20th Congress.
04:04We will cross the bridge when we get there.
04:06Because at any point in time, the new Congress can always vote to withdraw the impeachment complaint.
04:14This is the first time this will happen.
04:16Anyone has the right to question this.
04:18But as I said, as long as the Supreme Court has no TRO, we will do whatever we think is right in this litigation.
04:28This is the first news.
04:30Tina Panganiban Perez for GMA Integrated News.
04:34Igan, you are the first in the news.
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