00:00Vice President Sara Duterte went to the Supreme Court herself to question the legality of the impeachment against her.
00:07Here is the second petition to the Supreme Court to stop the impeachment trial against her. Here is the report.
00:17Vice President Sara Duterte herself asked the Supreme Court to declare that there is no visa for the fourth impeachment complaint of the Camera
00:24to stop the impeachment trial of the Senate against her, Vice President Duterte,
00:28in accordance with the Constitution that there cannot be more than one impeachment proceeding against an official within a year.
00:34Because of this, the Supreme Court needs to clarify whether the impeachment proceeding will be counted as a simple complaint.
00:40The Camera also responded to the petition led by Speaker Martin Romaldes, its Secretary General, and the Senate led by Senate President Chase Escudero.
00:50The former President Rodrigo Duterte is one of the lawyers of the Vice President who signed the petition.
00:55So far, two petitions have been submitted to the Supreme Court to stop the impeachment trial against Vice President Duterte.
01:00Both of them opposed the father of the impeachment prosecutor.
01:03Congressman Lorenz Devensor said that the impeachment is a political question and it's not in the interest of the Supreme Court.
01:10Congresswoman Gervil Luistro also suggested that the impeachment of Vice President Duterte should be delayed.
01:16Romaldes has yet to respond, as Escudero said.
01:19It's providential that we did not proceed with the trial because we recessed so that all of these things will be submitted to the Supreme Court,
01:28and the Supreme Court will pass it so that there will be no delay or delay in the trial of the Senate on these kinds of technicalities or issues.
01:37Solicitor General Rao is in charge of responding to the Senate as well as to the petitions related to impeachment.
01:43Escudero's gate does not allow for the impeachment trial on June 30 if and when the 19th Congress will end.
01:49It's just a pre-trial and it will take a lot of time.
01:52The Senate also avoided changing the rules so that the integrity of the litigation will not be questioned.
01:58But even though the impeachment trial on Vice President Duterte is scheduled to start in July, Escudero has a mock-up set-up.
02:04In a legal forum, he answered what the Constitution means in the order of this trial by the Senate shall forthwith proceed.
02:12It means right away. It means immediately. There is no delay. There is no delay. Do it immediately.
02:24For former Senate President Franklin Rilon, it's not allowed to file a petition if the Senate is recessed, but he can find a way.
02:31The President can even call a special session so that the impeachment trial can take place.
02:39But the opinion of former Supreme Court Associate Justice Atom Boltzman Conchita Carpio Morales, the special session is not allowed.
02:45Impeachment is not included among the reasons why special session can be conducted.
03:01In a statement, House Secretary General Reginald de Lasco said that they have not yet received a copy of the petitions.
03:09But they insisted that the House of Representatives follow the constitutional requirements of filing articles of impeachment and transmit it to the Senate.
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