00:00The impeachment of Vice President Zara Duterte, according to an impeachment prosecutor, did not need a clamor or a call of many.
00:12The order of the Constitution is not arbitrary.
00:15That's why the impeachment court should have a hearing even if the Senate is recessed.
00:21Tina, Panganiban Pere, reported.
00:23Even if the Congress is recessed, the impeachment prosecutors of the Camera are still preparing.
00:32And even if it is recessed, they should convene the Senate,
00:36aside from the position of Senate President Cheese Escudero that it will not happen unless the Supreme Court orders it.
00:43Because it is clear in the Constitution, there are no conditions before convening.
00:50They can have a call for a special session.
00:53The special session does not need to be called.
00:56If we follow the mindset of the Senate, the accountability of public officials is also recessed whenever the Congress is recessed.
01:04Impeachment prosecutor Raul Angelo Bongalon believes that if the impeachment trial will start in March,
01:11it will end before the current 19th Congress closes on June 13.
01:17Escudero said that he will consult the Senators on the recommendation of Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel
01:24that the impeachment court should be recessed from March.
01:29But he did not agree that it can start when they are the only ones who agree.
01:35Because it might question the Supreme Court.
01:38Escudero also said that he received only three letters to urge the immediate start of the impeachment trial,
01:46while asking if this is already a clamor of many.
01:50The impeachment prosecutors answered,
01:52The 240 congressmen who signed for it, each representing their own district,
01:57already reflects a sizable number of the Philippine population.
02:02What kind of clamor are we looking for?
02:04Are we waiting for Iskang Elsa or Rally?
02:09On the anniversary of the People Power Revolution,
02:12along with some protesters, the call to start the impeachment trial immediately.
02:17We had a space to burn the inside of Mama Mea, which VP Saro Duterte already criticized.
02:23But Bongalon said,
02:25Whether there is a clamor or not, the Constitution says that we have an obligation
02:31to work to convene the Senate as the sitting impeachment trial court.
02:38Escudero replied,
02:39They do not have a moral and legal basis to make it easy for the Senate,
02:43especially since the first three impeachment complaints were not acted on by the Camera for several months.
02:49For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, Nakatotok, 24 Hours.
03:01For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, Nakatotok, 24 Hours.
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