00:00On the upcoming Thursday, the House Secretary-General will transmit to the House Speaker's office
00:07the three impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:11It took a month since the first complaint was filed
00:15before the Secretary-General finished verifying them.
00:20Tina Panganiban-Perez was the one who got it.
00:24The Office of the Secretary-General of the House of Representatives
00:28has finished verifying the three impeachment complaints
00:32filed against Vice President Sara Duterte
00:35regarding the violation of confidential funds.
00:38As soon as the complaint was filed,
00:41our legal department immediately investigated it.
00:46So, as of today, everything has been verified.
00:51All three can be transmitted.
00:53The Congress will return to session on Monday,
00:56but the Secretary-General of the House of Representatives
00:59will transmit to the Speaker's office
01:01the impeachment complaints filed on Thursday.
01:04He plans to talk to the congressmen who told him
01:09that they will file four impeachment complaints
01:12or endorse one of the already filed ones.
01:16How will you respond to the impressions
01:20that you are filing the impeachment complaints?
01:24Not really.
01:26Because, you know, the House of Representatives
01:30cannot act on it until there is a session,
01:35which is January 13.
01:39So, the House will not do anything
01:42if they are still on break.
01:45I have to transmit the complaint
01:48or complaints to the office of the Speaker.
01:52It's like negligence on my part
01:57if I will not act on these complaints.
02:00I explained to Velasco that there is no deadline
02:04on the rules on impeachment of the camera
02:06for him to transmit the complaints
02:08to the office of the Speaker.
02:10And it just happened that more than one complaint
02:13was filed against an impeachable official.
02:16When the impeachment complaint is transmitted
02:19to the office of the Speaker,
02:20there are 10 session days for the Speaker
02:23to include these in the order of business
02:26or what will be discussed in the plenary.
02:29Then, there are three session days for the plenary
02:32to refer it to the House Committee on Justice.
02:35The committee has 60 session days
02:38to decide if the complaints are sufficient
02:40to inform and substance the complaints.
02:43When the report of the committee comes to the plenary,
02:46it needs to be acted on within 60 session days.
02:50But counting the session days
02:52is not like counting the days in the calendar.
02:56Our session days in the lower courts
02:58are not absolute counting.
03:00Because there are days that will convene on Monday
03:03and will not be adjourned.
03:05And either Wednesday will be adjourned.
03:08So even if it's three session days,
03:10the number in the records is only one session day.
03:13That's why it's possible that the term
03:15of the current Congress
03:17has not yet decided on the impeachment complaints.
03:21That's why the endorser called for the first complaint.
03:24The impeachment complaint that we filed
03:27has already been mansari.
03:28One month is too long.
03:30One month without holding Sara accountable
03:35is giving a very bad example
03:39to other government officials, public officials,
03:42that the abuse of power should be punished.
03:46We are still trying to get the file of VP Sara.
03:49But she already said that she is ready to face
03:52and answer the allegations.
03:55For GME Integrated News,
03:57Tina Panganiban Perez,
03:59Nakatuto 24 Hora.
04:04For GME Integrated News,
04:06Nakatuto 24 Hora.
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