00:00The House Prosecution Panel is continuously preparing for the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:07They also confirmed the implementation of an information campaign for the public's knowledge regarding the impeachment process.
00:14Bella Lesmora in Central Nang Balita, live.
00:19The House Prosecution Panel's strategy is unique.
00:24Whatever happens in the Senate,
00:27the Congressmen assured their members that they will be continuously prepared.
00:34According to House Deputy Majority Leader Lawrence Defensor Bahagi of the 11-man House Prosecution Panel,
00:41they respect whatever decision the Senate makes
00:45on when to start the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:52According to them, they can rely on strategies to effectively defend the articles of impeachment.
01:00It's not just the Senator Judges who will be given the target of explaining the complaint,
01:05but also the people.
01:07That's why they will conduct an information campaign
01:11for the Filipinos to understand the complaint and the impeachment process.
01:16According to Juan Ryder Portilis Representative Roge Gutierrez,
01:20who is also a part of the Prosecution Panel,
01:22if the trial crosses over to the next Congress,
01:26the new prosecutors may elect a new chamber
01:29if the current candidates lose the election.
01:34At the moment, the issue of the change in the signatures of the Congressmen in the impeachment is also hot.
01:40The House Assistant Majority Leader Zia Alonto Adjong also denied it.
01:45She denied that they made their own decisions.
01:48And for the signatories like her,
01:50they will see the information they obtained in their hearings about Vice President Sara Duterte
01:57and how it is related to the basis of their signatures.
02:02Angelique, in a statement of the House Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo,
02:06she said that she explained about her non-signing of the impeachment complaint against the Vice President.
02:14And she said, Angelique, as one of the frontrunners in the election for senator,
02:20she doesn't want to be blamed if there will be a trial and she will be a senator judge.
02:26That's why it's good that you didn't sign about this.
02:30But Angelique, the Congressmen will continue their activities in their other duties here in the Chamber.
02:37Angelique?
02:38So Mela, do we have an update on the number of Congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint?
02:44Because as far as we know, there were additional Congressmen in the initial 215.
02:54Angelique, earlier in the press conference here in the Chamber,
02:57there were Congressmen who signed from the number of 215 Congressmen.
03:03The number of Congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint was 239.
03:08So there were additional Congressmen.
03:10But Angelique, the system here is that additional Congressmen need to be appointed
03:16and it also depends on the Senate's decision if they will accept this.
03:21Because Angelique, as we see, this has been transmitted to the Senate.
03:26So the ball is in the Senate if they will accept additional signatures about this complaint.
03:32Angelique?
03:33Okay. Thank you very much, Mela Alesmoras.
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