00:00Welcome to Ilang Kongresista, the recommendation of the NBI to file a case against Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:08This is Mela Lesmoras.
00:12In confidence of the congressmen who rose up in the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte,
00:18whose position is even stronger,
00:20the National Bureau of Investigation has now recommended filing a case against the Vice President
00:27because of her leadership in the life of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.,
00:31First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
00:35According to House Assistant Majority Leader Jill Bongalon,
00:39who is also part of the House Prosecution Panel,
00:41this proves that VP Sara has done something wrong.
00:45This is a positive development, especially in relation to the impeachment case filed against the Vice President.
00:52So it would really strengthen our position that indeed the Vice President committed criminal acts.
01:00According to House Deputy Majority Leader Paulo Ortega and Assistant Majority Leader Ernest Junisio,
01:07there is more evidence in the case.
01:10I don't know how they can deny it because I saw it live on video.
01:17So we can see that the Vice President has done something wrong.
01:23Kudos to NBI. We salute you in doing your job.
01:27We hope that we get to the bottom of this.
01:30To the men and women of NBI, we salute you.
01:33House Deputy Minority Leader Franz Castro also supported the NBI's move
01:38despite her request for the case to continue against the Vice President,
01:43unlike what happened to her.
01:46If we can remember, in October of last year,
01:50there was a threat to my life on national TV, social media,
01:57former President Duterte.
02:02So I filed a case against him.
02:06But it was dismissed in the lower court.
02:10So we filed a case for review.
02:12House Assistant Majority Leader Jude Acidre reminded the Senate
02:17that the impeachment trial should not be delayed because the issue has an effect on the President's safety.
02:25If we continue to delay justice, we may be placing our commander-in-chief in serious danger.
02:31A lot can happen within five months of the Senate trial.
02:36Let's not be naive.
02:38Every day that this trial is delayed, there is a threat to our President's life.
02:45Mela Lesmoras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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