00:00As far as the Marquez administration is concerned, it has nothing to do with the impeachment case
00:05filed against Vice President Sara Duterte and says it is a move made by several groups from
00:11their sectors who want to hold the second highest government official of the land accountable.
00:16In fact, the president himself even earlier expressed his opposition and merely wanted
00:21to concentrate on improving the lives of Filipinos. PTB's Alan Francisco has more.
00:26The statement of the president is unambiguous. We have nothing to do with it. We are not going
00:38to encourage that. That is the response of Executive Secretary Lucas Barisamin
00:43on the impeachment complaint filed against Vice President Sara Duterte in the House of
00:48Representatives. Recently, the Agbayan Partylist endorsed the impeachment complaint against the
00:54vice president, filed by civic organizations and families of the victims of Dukhang.
01:00Some of the mentioned grounds include culpable violation of the constitution,
01:05graft and corruption, bribery, betrayal of public trust, and other serious crimes.
01:10Barisamin said the move is a clear private citizen's initiative.
01:15Malacanang will leave the process to the House of Representatives.
01:18The president has been very clear about his position on this. So any suggestion
01:27political or instigated by our side, no, that is never true.
01:36President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reiterated his statement.
01:40The impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte would ultimately bring no benefit.
01:45Right now, it's hard for us to comment on that. But you know what the House of Representatives
01:54is saying is we let the process flow. We, what do we need to say? The president already made a clear
02:02and unambiguous statement that he would not support an effort to impeach. It's distracting.
02:10We still have a lot to do. It's important for the country. That's how it should be.
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