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00:00Maari nga bang tumawid sa 20th Congress ang prosesong impeachment na sinimulan ng 19th Congress laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte?
00:16Pinagdebatihan po yan ng mga senador sa sesyon kanina, matapos iurong ang presentasyon ng Articles of Impeachment sa June 11.
00:25Saksi, si Maaf Gonzales.
00:30Ngayon saan ang presentasyon sa Senado ng House Prosecution Panel para sa Articles of Impeachment laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:38Pero iniusog yan sa June 11.
00:40Dahil ayon kay Senate President Chief Escudero, may iba pang prioridad na panukala na kailangan nilang ipasa.
00:46Paliwalag ni Escudero, suggested calendar lang ang ibinigay niya noon dahil naka-reses ang Senado.
00:52Pero kailangan pa rin itong aprobahan sa penaryo ngayong baliksesyon na sila.
00:56Pinadalahan na rin ng notice ng Senado ang Kamara para humarap ang House Prosecution Panel sa June 11.
01:02Bukod sa presentasyon ng Articles of Impeachment, isasabay na rin ang pag-convene ng impeachment court,
01:08panunumpan ng senator judges at pag-issue ng summons para sumagot ang kampo ng bisay at prosekusyon.
01:13Pero tanong ni Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel, bakit hindi pa yan isama sa agenda ngayong araw,
01:19gayong ang tagal nang ipinadala ng Kamara ang Articles of Impeachment sa Senado?
01:24Are we doing it today? Kasi February 5 ba yun? That's why I'm mentioning the date that it was received, February 5.
01:33So can we include it in the reference of business today?
01:39Kasi parang mas normal eh. Mas normal yun eh.
01:42We will look into it, Your Honor. I tend to agree with this Honor's position. We will take it up with the Secretary.
01:49Pinagdebatihan din kung pwede bang ituloy ng susunod na kongreso ang impeachment trial dahil matatapos na ang 19th Congress sa June 30.
01:57Giyat ni Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino, may mga desisyon na ang Korte Suprema na lahat ng kapangyarihan ng Senado sa lehislatura at pag-iimbestiga
02:06ay nakatapos pag nagtapos din ang kongreso. Prinsipyo rin daw sa ibang bansa na hindi pwede ma-carry over sa susunod na kongreso ang anumang unfinished business.
02:15Dagdag ni Tolentino, labindalawang senador lang ang maiiwan at wala ng quorum ang Senado.
02:21If we cannot conclude the trial before June 30, 2025, we must recognize this impeachment case is functionally dismissed
02:33by constitutional operation and no action can be taken by the 20th Congress on the matter for lack of constitutional authority.
02:45Sabi naman ni Pimentel, walang nakasaad sa konstitusyon na pwedeng ituloy o hindi pwedeng ituloy
02:51nang susunod na kongreso ang isang impeachment complaint. Pero ayon-aniya sa Senate rules, pwede ituloy ng Senado ang impeachment trial.
02:58Jurisdiction, once acquired, is not lost but continues until the case is terminated
03:06and hopefully terminated to its logical end.
03:11Hence, it is my humble opinion that the trial of the current impeachment case, now pending before the Senate of the 19th Congress,
03:22can cross over or continue from the 19th Congress to the 20th Congress.
03:28The impeachment duket of the Senate impeachment court continues and remains to be the same.
03:36Dagdag ni Sen. Risa Ontiveros, hindi legislative function ng Senado ang impeachment,
03:41kaya hindi ito apektado magpalitman ng kongreso.
03:43It is true that the 19th Congress cannot bind the 20th Congress and all unfinished business will be terminated.
03:53But this is only true for any work done by us in the exercise of our legislative functions.
04:01Napakahalagang mandato po ng saligang batas ito.
04:05Pero sabi rin ni Escudero sa isang press conference,
04:08hindi matatali ng 19th Congress ang 20th Congress sa isyo ng impeachment.
04:12Hindi namin pwede o kayang i-bind ang 20th Congress.
04:17Although karamihan ng mga member ng 19th ay nandun din sa 20th Congress,
04:21kailangan itong pagpasyahan muli ng 20th Congress,
04:25either by an affirmative vote or by their silence and acquiescence.
04:29Pwedeng sabihin ng 19th Congress, tatawid yan.
04:32Pero ang pasya ng 20th Congress, hindi tatawid yan.
04:36At i-didismiss nila.
04:37So, depende.
04:39Sa dulo, you have to understand, in Congress, plenary is supreme.
04:44It's not the decision or the voice of one member,
04:47even if he or she is the Senate President or an officer of the Senate or the House.
04:51Desisyon palagi ng plenario ang mangingibabaw.
04:54Reaksyon niya sa komento ni Congresswoman-elect Laila de Lima,
04:58na tila pinapatay na ng Senado ang impeachment trial ng BIS.
05:01Hindi ko trabahong reaktan ang congressman-elect na hindi pa naman formal na nagiging prosecutor o bahagi ng trial.
05:12Lalo na at partikular na na ito'y pagpapasya ng Senado,
05:17na hindi kabilang pa at wala pang papel ang Kamara.
05:20Si Dalima na inaasahang magiging miyembro ng House Prosecution Panel, dismayado naman sa presko ni Escudero kanina.
05:28Akala ko yung parabang alisin na niya yung mga agam-agam tungkol dyan na magkakaroon pa ba ng trial o hindi.
05:39He could have been more categorical, but in so far the Senate is concerned, tuloy-tuloy kami.
05:47Tingin ni Dalima, nilabag ni Escudero ang konstitusyon sa pag-antala sa impeachment proceedings.
05:53This is clearly violative of what the Constitution says.
05:56Forthwith is forthwith.
05:58Tsika ilang beses na yan, nadidelay.
06:00Para naman kay House Speaker Martin Romualdez, dapat respetuhin ang desisyon ni Escudero at ng Senado.
06:06Yung sulat sa akin ni Senate President Jesus Escudero is pretty straightforward.
06:11Kaya yung impeachment complaint ay nasa Senado na.
06:16So we leave it to their sound discretion as to how they want to proceed and conduct.
06:23Para sa GMA Integrated News, ako si Mav Gonzalez, ang inyong saksi.
06:41Lovin am at ng Senado na.