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00:00A senator will ask for a caucus or private help to discuss the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:09TINA PANGINIBAN PEREZ WITNESSES
00:15The Congress is currently recessed.
00:18But a senator believes that the Impeachment Court can convene
00:22or the people who will deal with Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:26This is a part of the legislative work of the senators.
00:30To discuss the impeachment trial, Senator Coco Pimentel will ask
00:35Senate President Chief Escudero to hold a caucus or private meeting of the senators.
00:41In the next session, they will have a caucus.
00:44They will have a caucus.
00:45If they listen to me, if they really don't like it,
00:48we will admit it to the people.
00:50It is a legitimate political issue for the people.
00:53Senator, we admitted that in the special session, you should have asked for a majority of the quorum.
01:01Pimentel said that next month, the impeachment trial will be held.
01:07But he admitted that the quorum will be challenged,
01:10especially since the majority of the senators and the re-electionists need to campaign.
01:17The campaign is one-sided.
01:18The priority is the impeachment.
01:20Isn't that a very big ask of your colleagues?
01:23That's part of the job description.
01:25According to the Legislative Council,
01:27trial by Senate shall forthwith proceed.
01:30What is the meaning of the word forthwith?
01:33Should the Senate start the litigation right away
01:36if an impeachment complaint is filed against them?
01:39According to one of the framers or a constitutional act,
01:43As constitutionally interpreted, it means right away.
01:49It means immediately.
01:51There is no delay.
01:54There is no delay.
01:56Do it right away.
01:58If the Senate starts the litigation,
02:02what will happen when the election is over
02:04and the composition of the Senate is different?
02:07If the impeachment is re-inserted,
02:09the work of the current impeachment court will continue,
02:12separated from the Senate.
02:14Outside of the litigation, it has a continuing function.
02:20It could be convening as a canvassing board.
02:24It could even be serving as an impeachment court.
02:29But Retired Associate Justice Conchita Carpio Morales said
02:33the Senate cannot have a special session.
02:36Impeachment is not included among the reasons why
02:43a special session can be conducted.
02:47My conclusion is that impeachment trial cannot be conducted during recess.
02:54The impeachment trial is not yet starting.
02:57The Vice President petitioned the Supreme Court
03:00to stop the trial based on his defense team.
03:04There is a provision in the Constitution
03:06that only one impeachment proceeding can start
03:09against an official within a year.
03:12There are already three complaints against the Vice President
03:15according to his lawyers.
03:17The actions taken by the House of Representatives
03:22in respect of the three prior impeachment complaints
03:27before it decided to finally transmit
03:30what it purports to be a verified resolution
03:35is something that is not permitted by the Constitution.
03:41Particularly that one-year bar rule.
03:45But some impeachment prosecutors said
03:48that the start of the one-year rule
03:51is not just the beginning of the complaint.
03:54The one-year ban starts when the impeachment complaint is initiated
03:59based on the Supreme Court's decision
04:02in the case of Francisco v. House of Representatives.
04:06Initiated under this Francisco case
04:09means the filing of the complaint endorsed by a congressman
04:14and referred to the Committee on Justice
04:17for proper disposition.
04:19So it is not the mere filing of a complaint
04:23that will trigger the one-year period.
04:27So for us, there was no grave abuse of discretion.
04:31There was no lack of due process.
04:33The Vice President also questioned
04:36if the Secretary General could sit down
04:39on the first three impeachment complaints.
04:41There were official reports and interviews
04:44and public pronouncements that were made by the Secretary General
04:48that supposedly these three complaints were already verified
04:52and ready for transmittal to the Speaker,
04:56but never did.
04:58And then suddenly, you see a fourth impeachment complaint
05:03that was suddenly referred to the Senate
05:07on the last day of the session.
05:09The question that we're asking respectfully,
05:13the Supreme Court to decide is whether this is permitted.
05:16The Secretary General of the House of Representatives
05:19confirmed that according to the Constitution,
05:21the fourth impeachment complaint was transmitted to the Senate.
05:25He responded to the impeachment prosecutors.
05:28This is not the first time this has happened.
05:30This happened during the time of President Erap.
05:33That's how it happened.
05:34Even though the court is not in favor,
05:36the vice president is ready to face the impeachment trial.
05:40The statement of the Vice President
05:43that she's willing to face whatever charges against her,
05:49I think that didn't change anything.
05:51It doesn't mean that she filed a petition and she doesn't want to face it.
05:56For GMA Integrated News, I'm Tina Panganiban Perez.
05:59Your witness.