Aired (February 8, 2025):Ano nga ba ang patutunguhan ng impeachment case laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte? #ReportersNotebook
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00:00I, Sarah Zimmerman Duterte, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and conscientiously fulfill my duties as Vice President of the Philippines.
00:17I move to take up additional reference.
00:21On the last day of the session of the House of Representatives on February 5, 2025.
00:26Impeachment complaint against Vice President Sarah Z. Duterte filed by at least one-third of all the members of the House of Representatives.
00:38Vice President Sarah Zimmerman Duterte was impeached.
00:42I move that the Secretary General be directed immediately to endorse the same to the Senate.
00:50The motion is approved.
00:52This is after the support of 215 congressmen, the verified complaint against the second president.
01:03The impeachment of the Vice President is the first time in history.
01:10What will be the direction of the impeachment case of the second president of the country?
01:16I don't even know what they're doing to me.
01:19The penalty for a person convicted in an impeachment trial is removal from office and absolute perpetual disqualification to hold public office, elected or appointed.
01:32What kind of country is this? Isn't the Vice President part of the government?
01:37God save the Philippines.
01:40From December 2024, four impeachment complaints were filed against Vice President Sarah Duterte.
01:51The fourth was the base of the judges in the House of Representatives for the impeachment complaint.
01:57215 cases were filed in the impeachment complaint, exceeding 102 or one-third of all the members of the House of Representatives.
02:06In this document, there are seven grounds for impeachment, including betrayal of public trust, corruption, graft, bribery, and others.
02:19The first ground for impeachment in the complaint is betrayal of public trust, culpable violations of the Constitution,
02:27and plotting to murder or assassinate the incumbent president, the first lady, and speaker of the House of Representatives.
02:36This is what the Vice President did during an online live broadcast on November 23, 2024.
02:45I told her, if I get assassinated, kill BBM, Lisa Araneta, and Martin Romales. No joke.
02:55No joke.
02:57Based on the complaint, based on the statement of the Vice President,
03:02she admitted that she ordered someone to kill the President, First Lady, and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
03:10And secondly, that someone agreed to do what she ordered, or there is a contract to kill.
03:18I did not make an assassination threat to the President.
03:23They are the only ones saying that. They are the only ones saying that there is an assassination.
03:27They are the only ones saying that there is an assassin, a gunman.
03:31I did not say that.
03:33The second ground for impeachment is graft, corruption, and malversation of the confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President
03:42and the Department of Education or DepEd.
03:44Based on the complaint that the Vice President has been in charge for two years,
03:50it is questionable how she spent the 612.5 million pesos of confidential funds of the two offices.
04:00You are depriving a person of her liberty.
04:04Based on what was heard in the camera,
04:07the 125 million pesos of confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President were discussed in 2022,
04:14which was spent within 11 days.
04:18How can you ask a resource person without giving him copies?
04:23In 2023, Vice President Duterte used the 375 million pesos
04:31from the 500 million pesos of confidential funds of the OVP.
04:37It is also questionable how she used the 112.5 million pesos of confidential funds of the Department of Education or DepEd
04:46when she was still in charge.
04:47This is the reason why we don't want to discuss confidential funds.
04:53That is why there is a law that prohibits the discussion of confidential funds.
04:58In the recorded sound of the quadcom in the camera,
05:02the name Mary Grace Piatos became loud,
05:05one of the signatories of the so-called Documentary Evidence of Payment or DepEd.
05:10Mayroong Mary Grace Piatos.
05:13The name of the person mentioned came out in the hearing as questionable.
05:18I cannot explain it ma'am because I am not the one who prepared it.
05:24The 1322 out of the 1,992 names received by confidential funds from the OVP
05:34will be added to the non-birth records of the Philippine Statistics Authority or PSA,
05:38according to the investigation of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability.
05:46The third ground for impeachment is bribery, graft, and corruption.
05:51DepEd officials who are involved in the procurement are accused of
05:56filing a complaint that it clearly violates the Republic Act 3019 or Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices.
06:02The fourth ground for impeachment is unexplained wealth,
06:06and failing to disclose all her properties and interests in properties in her SAL-N.
06:12More than Php 2 billion in transactions were also discovered
06:16from 2006 to 2015 in several joint accounts of Vice President Sara Duterte and former President Rodrigo Duterte.
06:24Sara Duterte was the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Davao City at the time.
06:33The fifth ground for impeachment is high crimes,
06:37including the high crime of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
06:41The Vice President was convicted of extrajudicial killings or EJK by the Davao Death Squad or DDS
06:47that happened from 2011 to 2018, where Vice President Duterte was the Mayor of Davao City.
06:56In the years that I served as Vice Mayor and Mayor of Davao City,
07:00sometimes my name was not included in this issue.
07:04Suddenly, there was a witness against me by my ex-Vice President.
07:09It is clear that he was forced to file a complaint.
07:13The sixth ground for impeachment is political destabilization,
07:17betrayal of public trust, and high crimes of sedition and insurrection.
07:26According to the complaint,
07:28Vice President Duterte attacked the administration of President Bongbong Marcos several times.
07:33According to the complaint,
07:35Vice President Duterte attacked the administration of President Bongbong Marcos several times.
07:59And the seventh and last ground for impeachment,
08:03brutality of respondents' conduct as Vice President,
08:06including her commission of the foregoing acts,
08:09betrayal of public trust,
08:11culpable violations of the 1987 Constitution,
08:14and graft and corruption.
08:16Was Vice President not a part of the government?
08:19Was I not voted by the people?
08:22Was I not the Vice President of the entire Philippines?
08:26February 5, the articles of impeachment were brought to the Senate.
08:30The Senate will establish an impeachment court
08:33and will decide on the basis of the complaints filed against Vice President Sara Duterte.
08:39There is a motion to direct the Secretary General to immediately...
08:4311 congressmen were brought to the Senate to be impeached by Vice President Duterte.
08:49In the impeachment trial,
08:50Vice President Duterte will be asked to leave or remain in her position as the second president of the country.
08:59According to a political analyst,
09:02the impeachment case against Vice President Duterte will go through a long process.
09:08VP Sara is not yet convicted.
09:11The House of Representatives impeached her.
09:14It means that the House of Representatives already passed the ball to the Senate.
09:18The Senate will judge her.
09:21Now, if she is convicted, she will be removed from her position as Vice President and the perpetual disqualification.
09:29And as long as she is not convicted, she is still our Vice President.
09:33Ma'am, if our Vice President is convicted, what will happen to her position?
09:41The President will choose from the House of Representatives and the Senate
09:46who can be the Vice President.
09:49Then, the House of Representatives and the Senate, voting separately,
09:54will now have to approve or disapprove the President's appointment.
10:00Since the session of the Senate was adjourned,
10:03now the 19th Congress,
10:05Senate President Francis Escudero will face a press briefing on February 6.
10:10Senate President Francis Escudero will face a press briefing on February 6.
10:14Here, he explained why the Senate will not immediately start
10:19the impeachment case against the Vice President.
10:22If there will be an action, it will happen on June 2,
10:29when the Senate will resume after the election.
10:33Public officials are accountable at all times.
10:37It should not be interrupted.
10:40Simply because a new Congress is coming in,
10:43because the principle should be accountability.
10:47And accountability remains at all times.
10:50So when it starts, it should continue.
10:54The signatures of congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint
10:58should also be verified.
11:00In the remaining four months before the 19th Congress,
11:04it is possible that the impeachment trial will reach the 20th Congress.
11:08This means,
11:10the new 12 Senators will be included in the trial
11:14on whether or not to convict the Vice President.
11:17And if the Vice President is found guilty?
11:33On February 7,
11:34Vice President Sara Duterte faced a press conference
11:38after the impeachment of her camera.
11:41Despite my statements about the impeachment plan in the past months,
11:50the only thing I can say at this point is,
11:56God save the Philippines.
11:59I just want to send my heartfelt thanks to the countrymen
12:06who continue to pray, support, trust, and continue to love me.
12:16You are victorious because success is in the hands of the people.
12:23The President denied that he was involved in the impeachment of the camera of Vice President Duterte.
12:29No, the executive cannot have a hand in the impeachment.
12:33The executive has no role in the impeachment.
12:36But again, what the House has done is clearly the mandate,
12:42the constitutional mandate that they have to proceed with the impeachment complaint.
12:49The impeachment case against the Vice President is still a long way to go.
12:54It is important to be vigilant,
12:55because whatever happens, it will have a great impact on our government.