Atty. Cayosa – Nagkakaroon ng political instability dahil sa tagal ng pagsisimula ng impeachment trial ni VP Duterte

2 days ago

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00:00A petition was submitted to the Supreme Court to urge the Senate to start the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

00:07According to an expert, it is possible that the Supreme Court will not allow this as a violation of the separation of powers and judiciary and legislative.

00:17We have first news, Ma'am Gonzales.

00:20Voter education.

00:22While the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte in the Senate has been ongoing for a long time,

00:27there has been a political instability according to the Constitutional Law expert, Atty. Domingo Cayoza.

00:33That is why he is in favor of submitting the petition for mandamus to the Supreme Court

00:38to urge the Senators to start the impeachment trial.

00:42The petition was submitted by the former Special Government Counsel of the Presidential Commission on Good Government, or PCGG, Catalino Generillo Jr.

00:50It doesn't need to be finished, but at least it should start because they still have three to four months.

00:55The language of our Constitution is clear.

00:58Fourth week, the trial will start when they are accepted.

01:02That means there will be no delay.

01:04They are using legal doubts or issues when in fact,

01:09it looks like their main reason is the need of the re-electionists, the PAN.

01:15Others are afraid of the backlash of the black voters.

01:20Cayoza said that the Senators now have a copy of the articles of impeachment that will be judged.

01:26VP Duterte should also have a copy of it.

01:29In the Constitution, the deadline is clear, only 10 days.

01:32Give it to him so that he can answer. Let's find out what his answer is.

01:36They just started to fix it.

01:38It's unfair to the Vice President, in a way, because the complaint is already on the website, it's already in the public domain,

01:47but the other party has not yet given a formal answer.

01:51What's happening now is that there are trolls and their own interviews in the media.

01:54But in Cayoza's view, the Supreme Court has given the mandamus petition as a warning to the separation of powers of the judicature and legislature.

02:03The Supreme Court also doesn't want to have a constitutional crisis.

02:06The Supreme Court doesn't care much because that's what we call separation of powers and political question.

02:16When will it start? It is the wisdom of the elected Senators and respect for a co-equal branch of government.

02:25Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said earlier that he's not in favor of the petition.

02:31It is based on the Constitution.

02:33Only the Senate has the power to hear and make decisions on all cases of impeachment.

02:39Only when there is a grave abuse of discretion can the Supreme Court come in, just like during the time of the impeachment of Davide.

02:48It's up to the President to call a special session.

02:51You can't just give a mandamus.

02:53We asked for a comment from Vice President Sara Duterte and Senate President Chase Escudero, but they have yet to respond.

03:00But Escudero said earlier that he doesn't think a special session for impeachment is necessary.

03:07Instead, the first thing his legal team said was the impeachment.

03:12This is the first news.

03:13Mav Gonzales for GMA Integrated News.

Atty. Cayosa – Nagkakaroon ng political instability dahil sa tagal ng pagsisimula ng impeachment trial ni VP Duterte | Unang Balita

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