00:00The camera was answered by Vice President Sara Duterte
00:03regarding the transfer to her Chief of Staff,
00:05Atty. Zulai Calopes, who is still in the Veterans Memorial Medical Center.
00:10And it was revealed that Jonathan is there.
00:13Jonathan?
00:16Pia, three senators visited Atty. Zulai Calopes today
00:21here in the Veterans Memorial Medical Center.
00:23VP Sara went home first to her children.
00:27Before leaving the VMMC,
00:32Vice President Sara Duterte updated
00:34on the condition of her Chief of Staff,
00:36Atty. Zulai Calopes.
00:38She's not settled down yet.
00:42I pleaded with her to let me go home
00:47so I can see my children.
00:50Initially, she refused.
00:53Then she cried again.
00:55But the next time around,
00:57I gave her...
01:00In exchange for me,
01:03Senator Bong Go will stay with her.
01:06There are still two people who will stay with her,
01:08Senator Beto de la Rosa and Senator Bong Go.
01:10She said that she will come back later tonight
01:14because it might be too late to get her back.
01:19Atty. Zulai Calopes also pleaded
01:21with the 24-hour watchman outside the room.
01:26Senator Aimee Marcos arrived at the hospital earlier
01:28in a helicopter,
01:30but she did not go inside.
01:32Senator Marcos is the brother of the President
01:35but also a close ally of VP Duterte.
01:38The Vice President said that she does not know
01:40if Atty. Zulai Calopes will attend
01:42the House Committee on Good Government
01:44and Public Accountability
01:46regarding the OVP and DepEd funds.
01:48I don't know Atty. Zulai Calopes
01:50because I don't listen to his discussions
01:53with his doctors and his lawyers.
01:56His mother will also arrive tomorrow.
01:59Manila Rep. Joel Chua,
02:01Chairman of the Committee, said
02:03that they will still send Atty. Zulai Calopes
02:05and the Vice President,
02:06except if Atty. Zulai Calopes has a medical condition.
02:11Atty. Zulai Calopes's feelings got worse
02:13when she was transferred to the Correctional
02:15Institution for Women
02:17from the House Detention Facility.
02:19The committee was the one who decided
02:21because the committee was alarmed
02:24because she has a letter
02:26that she can allow her to jog
02:31on the perimeter of Batasan Compound.
02:35That's the Vice President sir.
02:37Yes. It might create a security problem.
02:43That's why we should secure
02:46Atty. Zulai Calopes
02:48to make it safe and secure.
02:50But was this also an instruction
02:51by Speaker Ramoaldes?
02:52There was no instruction.
02:54The House Secretary General
02:56answered some of their issues and concerns.
02:58They said that it's not true
03:00that they did not allow
03:02Atty. Zulai Calopes's lawyer to enter.
03:03Ma'am, you stole a cell phone.
03:05Give it back.
03:06They also did not take
03:08Atty. Zulai Calopes's cell phone.
03:09It was rendered
03:10and other cell phones
03:12according to the security protocol.
03:14It was also not true
03:15that Atty. Zulai Calopes's response
03:16to the medical emergency was delayed.
03:18Even though the committee
03:19transferred Atty. Zulai Calopes
03:20to the Correctional Department,
03:22the SecGen decided
03:23that Atty. Zulai Calopes should remain
03:25in the VMMC for humanitarian reasons
03:27and to address her condition.
03:29The Vice President said
03:31that she is Atty. Zulai Calopes's lawyer
03:33against the law according to the Church.
03:35It's clear to us in the legal field
03:38that the President, the Vice President,
03:42the members of the Cabinet
03:44are not allowed to practice
03:46their profession.
03:51Pia, the contempt order
03:53of the Camera against Lopez
03:55is until tomorrow.
03:56We asked Congressman Joel Chua
03:58if until when
03:59the committee will decide
04:01about Lopez's contempt order
04:03in the Veterans Memorial Medical Center.
04:06The latest from the Veterans Memorial Medical Center.
04:08Back to you, Pia.
04:10Thank you, Jonathan Andal.
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