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00:00President Marcos denied that he had nothing to do with the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:09Senate President Jesus Fudero may start the impeachment trial after the election of 2025.
00:16Here's Ma'am Gonzalez.
00:18Did you have a hand in this impeachment?
00:24No, the executive cannot have a hand in the impeachment.
00:28The executive has no role in the impeachment.
00:31President Marcos denied that he had nothing to do with the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:38But the convention of thinking, Mr. President, is that nothing comes to pass in the House without the President or without Malacanang's blessing.
00:46You give me too much credit.
00:48But again, what the House has done is clearly the constitutional mandate that they have to proceed with the impeachment complaint.
01:03The President did not deny that they talked to congressmen about the impeachment.
01:09He convinced his allies not to file a complaint.
01:13But he cannot deny that he will not endorse an impeachment complaint if it is already filed.
01:19His own son was the first to sign on the list of those who endorsed the impeachment.
01:24Congressman Sandro asked for his consent.
01:27Do your duty. You have to support the process.
01:30You are constitutionally mandated to carry out that process.
01:35And you are a congressman, so do your duty. That's what I told him.
01:38I didn't know you'd be the first to sign.
01:40Earlier, the President was asked about the online conversation that the exchange of money is of great importance in signing the impeachment.
01:47A little bit over two-thirds, you won't get that kind of system.
01:54I don't think that way of operating would have worked.
01:59For now, the ball is in the Senate.
02:01Senate President Cheese Escudero said that they will not be able to start the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte while the session of the Congress is on break.
02:11The impeachment court needs to be convened first and it can only be done if they are in session.
02:17If there will be an action, it will happen on June 2, when the Senate will resume after the election.
02:28We will not be able to hasten it.
02:30In December, the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte were brought to the House of Representatives.
02:35But yesterday, on the last day of their session, the articles of impeachment were brought to the Senate.
02:41If they keep on banging on this issue, I don't think they have a basis to hasten it.
02:48I don't think they will be able to do anything right after sitting on this issue for several months.
02:53I don't think they will be able to do anything right after sitting on this issue for several months.
03:06The impeachment process for me is not important if you are in favor or against.
03:12It is not important if you agree or not.
03:14What is important for me, as a Senate President,
03:18is to be credible, trustworthy, and that justice will be served.
03:23There are still many things that need to be done,
03:25such as verifying the signatures of the congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint.
03:30Escudero said that the signature cannot be e-signatured because it needs to be personally signed by the congressman
03:37and stamped in front of the House Secretary General.
03:40The verified signature must reach 102
03:43to ensure that the required number is sufficient for the complaint to be directly transmitted to the Senate.
03:49To the question of whether the President can call for a special session,
03:52Will you call for a special session?
03:55If the senators ask for it, yes.
03:57Again, they will decide.
04:00We are not the ones who decide.
04:03The special session, as far as I know, is not to convene the impeachment court.
04:10Escudero said that if the remaining days of the 19th Congress will be held,
04:14the impeachment trial will definitely reach the 20th Congress,
04:17and they will decide if VP Sara will be convicted or not.
04:21This means that the 12 senators that we will vote for in the election will be included in the BISE trials.
04:28In the trial, VP Duterte can be called if necessary.
04:32You have the right.
04:33That is part of the rights of an accused under the Bill of Rights,
04:37to confront his or to confront the witnesses against her.
04:42You have the right to attend every hearing,
04:47to speak as a lawyer,
04:49because a lawyer can stand up for himself,
04:53or even stand up as a witness.
04:55But he cannot be forced to testify in the case
05:00because it will violate, on the other hand, the right against self-determination.
05:04In other words, he cannot be called by the prosecution,
05:07and he will be forced to stand there to ask if he does not want to testify.
05:10If Duterte is called and he does not go,
05:13the Senate has the power to issue a sentence.
05:16For GMA Integrated News, Mav Gonzales is your witness.
05:30For GMA Integrated News, Mav Gonzales is your witness.