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00:00The Senate cannot hasten the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte because there are a lot of things to do about it,
00:07according to Senate President Cheese Escudero.
00:09The process of returning the Congressional session will start in June.
00:13President Bongbong Marcos insisted that he has nothing to do with the impeachment of the Camara in Bice.
00:18Here is the news of Ma'am Gonzalez.
00:23Did you have a hand in this impeachment?
00:25No. The executive cannot have a hand in the impeachment.
00:29The executive has no role in the impeachment.
00:32President Bongbong Marcos insisted that he has nothing to do with the impeachment of the Camera in Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:39But the convention of thinking, Mr. President, is that nothing comes to pass in the House without the President or without Malacanang's blessing.
00:47Well, you give me too much credit.
00:51But again, what the House has done is clearly the constitutional mandate that they have to proceed with the impeachment complaints.
01:04The President did not deny that they talked to congressmen about the impeachment.
01:10He convinced his allies not to file a complaint.
01:14But he cannot deny that he will not endorse an impeachment complaint if it is already filed.
01:20His own son was the first to sign on the list of those who endorsed the impeachment.
01:25Congressman Sandro asked for his consent.
01:28Do your duty. You have to support the process.
01:31You are constitutionally mandated to carry out that process.
01:36And you are a congressman so do your duty. That's what I told him.
01:39I didn't know you would be the first to sign.
01:41The President was asked about the online talks that the exchange of money is of great importance in signing the impeachment.
01:48A little bit over two-thirds, you will not get that kind of system.
01:54I don't think that way of operating would have worked.
02:00For now, the ball is in the Senate.
02:02Senate President Cheese Escudero said that they cannot start the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte
02:09while the session of the Congress is on break.
02:11They need to convene the impeachment court first.
02:14And it can only be done if they are in session.
02:17If there will be an action, it will happen on June 2,
02:24when the Senate will resume after the election.
02:28We cannot rush it.
02:31In December, the former impeachment complaints against Vice President Duterte were brought to the camera.
02:36On the last day of their session, the articles of impeachment were brought to the Senate.
02:40If they are binging on doing this, maybe they don't have a basis to make it easy for us.
02:47I don't think it will be right for them to sit for several months.
02:52Suddenly, they will force us and tell us, whoever came to the camera,
02:57to hurry up and take action.
03:00No, it's not like that and I will not allow that.
03:05For me, the impeachment process is not important if you are in favor or against.
03:11It doesn't matter if the convicts agree or not.
03:13What's important for me, as the President of the Senate,
03:17is to be credible, trustworthy, and to seek justice.
03:22There are still many things that need to be done,
03:24including verifying the documents of the congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint.
03:29Escudero said that they cannot e-signature
03:32because it needs to be personally signed by the congressman
03:36and stamped in front of the House Secretary General.
03:39The verified signature must reach 102
03:42so that the required number is accurate enough
03:45for the complaint to be directly transmitted to the Senate.
03:48In response to the question of whether the President can call for a special session,
03:51Will you call for a special session?
03:54If the senators ask for it, yes.
03:57Again, they will decide.
04:01We are not the ones who decide.
04:03The call for a special session, as far as I know,
04:06is not to convene the impeachment court.
04:09Escudero said that if the remaining days of the 19th Congress are to be held,
04:14the impeachment trial will definitely reach the 20th Congress
04:17and they will decide whether VP Sara will be convicted or not.
04:21This means that the 12 senators who will be voted in the election will be with the Hathol members.
04:28In the trial, VP Duterte can be called if necessary.
04:31That is part of the rights of an accused under the Bill of Rights
04:36to confront his or to confront the witnesses against her.
04:43That is her right.
04:44She has the right to speak every hearing as a lawyer
04:48because she can stand as a lawyer for herself
04:52or she can even stand as a witness.
04:54But she cannot be forced to testify in the case
04:59because it will violate, on the other hand, the right against self-incrimination.
05:03In other words, she cannot be called by the prosecution
05:06and forced to sit there to ask if she does not want to.
05:09If Duterte is called and she does not go,
05:12the Senate has the power to issue a special session.
05:16Mav Gonzalez reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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