00:00Although the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte has already been endorsed by the Senate,
00:05the leader of the high-ranking government denied that the impeachment trial will not take place.
00:11Now, the Congress is on a break.
00:13The explanation of this is in the news center of Daniel Manalastas Live.
00:19Senate President Francis Escudero denies that the impeachment trial will not take place.
00:27Now, the Senate is on a break.
00:30According to Escudero, the session is needed to convene the impeachment court.
00:35However, the Senate session was adjourned yesterday and will return on June 2,
00:40after the Hatol ng Bayan 2025.
00:43Escudero said that there is no legality if the impeachment court will be held.
00:47Now, the session is on a break.
00:49Escudero also denied that the Senate will not hasten the impeachment.
00:58Can we say that there will be no impeachment trial during the break?
01:04No.
01:05Legally, it cannot be that.
01:07The trial of the May session needs to start and begin
01:12because the impeachment court needs to convene the May session.
01:16The impeachment court has no life of its own.
01:18It is separated from the Senate itself, from the plenary of the Senate.
01:22The plenary of the Senate is needed to start the impeachment court.
01:29Escudero also denied that it does not matter if it is favor or against.
01:33What is important is that it will be fair according to the law,
01:36fair, trustworthy, and the justice will work in favor of the opinion
01:41that there will be or will not be an impeachment.
01:45We will perform our duty and function with a cold neutrality of an impartial judge.
01:50And without fear nor favor, we will rule over things as we see fit
01:56and based on what is right and what the law provides.
02:01Angelic, it is a big question now if the impeachment will pass in the next Congress or in the 20th Congress
02:07because if it will pass, the term of some senators in June will be over
02:11and the process of impeachment will start on June 2.
02:15That was also answered by Senate President Francis Escudero.
02:21That is what I believe.
02:23Why? This is an impeachment court.
02:26It is separated from the function of the legislature.
02:29But of course, the term of its members will be over.
02:34So what can we do here?
02:37The collegial courts.
02:39What are collegial courts?
02:41Sandigan Bayan.
02:43Court of Appeals. Supreme Court.
02:46Include the Constitutional Commission as part of the Civil Service.
02:50The COMELEC.
02:51Question.
02:53If there is a case against these people
02:56and the magistrates of the Supreme Court,
03:02the magistrates of the Court of Appeals of Sandigan Bayan,
03:05because these are courts of record,
03:08will the case be dismissed or will it just go on?
03:12Isn't the answer that it will just go on?
03:15The cases will just go on even if the collegial court is replaced.
03:21Just like the impeachment court.
03:27Angelica, just to give you a background,
03:29because yesterday, past 5 or 6 p.m.
03:36the articles of impeachment were transmitted here
03:40against Vice President Sara Duterte.
03:43But Angelica, when the session was ongoing,
03:46it was not mentioned in the plenary session hall of the Senate
03:50about the impeachment.
03:52That's why there are a lot of possible scenarios
03:56that the judges are looking at, Angelica.
03:59Okay, Antabayanan natin yan.
04:01Maraming salamat sa iyo, Daniel Manalastas.
