In his privilege speech, Senator Rodante Marcoleta moves for the dismissal of the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte during the Senate deliberations on Wednesday, August 6.
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00:00Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I rise on a question of privilege.
00:08Today, I believe the entire nation awaits the disposition of the matter in regard to the impeachment complaint filed against the Vice President, Sarah Zimmerman Duterte.
00:26In the light of the recent but unanimous decision of the Supreme Court, Mr. President, this decision was promulgated on July 25, 2025, declaring said complaint to be unconstitutional, void of an issue, violative of due process.
00:53And that the Senate, in the first place, did not acquire jurisdiction over it.
01:02Take note, Mr. President, it even said that the decision is immediately executory.
01:10But before I continue, Mr. President, let me put on record that the initial proceedings, impeachment proceedings conducted by the Senate in the 19th Congress have never been formally carried over to the Senate of the 28th Congress.
01:33I do not know, and I am not aware, I cannot recall of any action so far taken by this August chamber.
01:44To the effect that the initial impeachment proceedings, which were deemed to have been terminated at the expiration of the 19th Congress at noon of June 30, 2025, have been miraculously brought to life into the present Congress.
02:05That having said, Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President, the decision of the Supreme Court did not dwell on the intrinsic merits of the impeachment complaint filed against the Vice President.
02:23It zeroed in merely on the procedures and the processes taken by the House of Representatives.
02:29To repeat, it declared the whole impeachment complaint constituting the articles of impeachment to be unconstitutional, violative of due process, buoyed up in issue.
02:46Simply because the rules of procedure and impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives were never followed.
02:54And they violated the one-year ban on multiple impeachment complaints as prescribed under Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 5, which says that no impeachment proceedings shall be initiated against the same official more than twice within a period of one year.
03:22Napakasimple po.
03:24Nang sinasabi doon, Mr. President, no impeachment proceedings should be initiated against the same person more than twice within a period of one year.
03:37Ilan po ang impeachment proceedings, impeachment complaints na ipinail ng House of Representatives?
03:43Apat po eh.
03:45The first one started in December 2.
03:48Sumunod po December 4.
03:49Mayroong pang sumunod ng December 19 hangga sa umabot po noong February 5.
03:55Iyon nga pong ipinangangalandakan na impeachment complaint which was signed by more than one-third of the members of the House of Representatives.
04:05Nasunod po ba?
04:08Nasunod po ba ang tuntunin ng House of Representatives?
04:11Noong pong nag-require ang Supreme Court, Mr. President, tinanong po yung House of Representatives,
04:21in connection with the two petitions filed by several parties before the Supreme Court,
04:27one of the items required by the Supreme Court is for the House to give the status of the first three complaints filed.
04:35Ano po ang sagot ng House of Representatives?
04:39Yun daw pong unang tatlo.
04:42The one file in December 2, December 4, and December 19 were all archived.
04:49Nasaan po sa rules ng House na yun pong mga impeachment complaints na ipa-file ay i-archive?
04:56Wala po.
04:57Pwede po bang ipakita yung slide na kung saan ay makikita natin ano po ba ang proseso kapag may nag-file na isang impeachment complaint?
05:09Ayan po yung rule 2.
05:13Ang sinasabi po sa rule 2, Mr. President,
05:16And this is a rule 3, rule 3.
05:28Rule 2, Section 3.
05:31A verified complaint for impeachment by a member of the House or by any citizen upon a resolution or endorsement by any member thereof
05:39shall be filed with the office of the Secretary General and immediately referred to the Speaker.
05:46Bakit hindi po nasunod ang tuntunin na ito, Mr. Speaker?
05:51Kailan po ni-refer ng Secretary General sa opisina ng Speaker yung impeachment complaint dated December 2, 2024?
06:00Kailan po ni-refer ng Office of the Secretary General yung impeachment complaint na i-finaled noong December 4?
06:09Wala po silang sagot.
06:11Kailan po ni-refer ng Office of the Secretary General yung impeachment complaint that was received on December 19?
06:19Wala po silang sinasabi.
06:22Kahititignan po natin ang sagot ng Solicitor General in behalf of the House of Representatives,
06:27ang sabi po nila,
06:29the Secretary General diligently referred simultaneously all the impeachment complaints
06:38to the Office of the Speaker on February 5, 2025.
06:45Immediately po ba iyan, Mr. Speaker?
06:47December 2, December 4, December 19, at isinama po yung February 5,
06:53all of them were simultaneously referred to the Office of the Speaker on February 5.
06:59Dalawang buwan po ang kanyang ginugol para lang i-refer sa Office of the Speaker.
07:05Ano po ang immediate doon?
07:07Wala po.
07:08Wala po silang sinunod.
07:10Wala silang ni-refer at ni-refer nga po, delayed.
07:13Nung ma-refer po, ang sabi po ng Solicitor General,
07:20the four impeachment complaints were included in the order of business
07:25doon po sa session number 36.
07:33You will not, Mr. Speaker, hindi po niya ibinigay bilang annex
07:38yung order of business in section number 36.
07:42Ang kanya pong ipinakita ay yung journal number 36.
07:47Bakit po?
07:48Sapagkat hindi totoo na yung apat na impeachment complaints
07:52were included in the order of business.
07:55Mr. President, I have a copy of the order of business session number 36.
08:01And I will deposit a copy to the Office of the Senate Secretary
08:04for everyone to see and examine for themselves
08:07kung talagang in-include nila sa order of business.
08:11Wala po.
08:12Sam po nila in-include doon sa journal.
08:15Iba po yung journal sa order of business.
08:20Alam po niyo kung bakit lang nalagay sa journal, Mr. Speaker.
08:23Idinagdag po nila as additional reference of business.
08:27That is not the requirement of the Constitution.
08:29Pwede po ba natin makita yung slide?
08:33Ano'y sinasabi po ng Constitution?
08:41A verified complaint for impeachment may be filed by the member of the House.
08:45Blah, blah, blah.
08:46Ang sinasabi po rito...
08:47Hindi po yun.
08:56Sorry po.
09:01Nakalagay po, in-include sa 10th session day.
09:06Yun po yung section number 36.
09:08Hindi po totoo yun.
09:09Ilang violations na po.
09:12Kanina po, in-archive po yung tatlo.
09:15Tatlong violations.
09:17Hindi po ni-refer sa Committee on Justice.
09:22Pangatlong violation.
09:23Anim na po.
09:24Ngayon sinasabi po, in-include po sa order of business.
09:28Hindi rin po.
09:29Tatlong violations na naman.
09:30Siyam na po.
09:31At sabi po nila, yung session 36 is the 10th session.
09:35Hindi po.
09:36Bilangin po natin yung December 2.
09:39That was the date when the first complaint was filed, endorsed, and received by the Office of the Secretary General.
09:46December 2 is session number 26.
09:50Mr. President, bilangin po ninyo is session number 26 up to session 36 na sinasabi ng Solicitor General.
09:58Yun po ang 11th session.
10:00That was not the 10th session.
10:01Ang 11th session is session number 35.
10:04Just for the record, Mr. Speaker.
10:07So, ilang violation na po yan?
10:11Balikan po ninyo yung rule 2 na nandyan po sa slide, Mr. Speaker.
10:19Ano po yung mode of initiating impeachment?
10:22Ganito po ang sinasabi ng rule of the House of Representatives.
10:25Impeachment shall be initiated by the filing and subsequent referral to the Committee of Justice.
10:32Ito po yung Sireno versus, oh, I'm sorry, Francisco versus House of Representatives.
10:38Verified complaint for impeachment filed by any member of the House of Representatives.
10:45I-re-refer po sa Committee on Justice.
10:49Verified complaint filed by any citizen upon a resolution, endorsement by any member thereof.
10:55I-re-refer po sa Committee on Justice.
10:58A verified complaint or resolution impeachment filed by at least one-third of all members of the House.
11:05I-re-refer din po sa Committee on Justice.
11:09Bakit po ang ginawa nila na makakuha sila ng higit sa one-third, dali-dali po nilang tinransmit sa Senate?
11:19Ang pagkakala po nila, Mr. Speaker, sapagat ang pinagbatayan po nila ay yung rule 4 na kung saan in Section 14 sinasabi po endorsement of the complaint resolution to the Senate.
11:33Ang sinasabi lamang naman po noon, Sir President, ay yung pamamaraan kung papano po i-endorse yung impeachment complaint that was signed by one-third or even more members of the House of Representatives.
11:48Hindi naman po sinasabi doon na hindi na sa i-re-refer sa Committee on Justice.
11:53Bakit po nakalagay dito sa rule? Kailangan i-refer din siya sa Committee on Justice but they never did.
11:59Mr. Speaker, ha Mr. President, so ilang violations na po ito?
12:07You cannot use Section 14 in isolation, in isolation of Section 2.
12:14Hindi po po pwede yun?
12:17Binigyan po ba ng discretion, Mr. President?
12:20Was the House given the discretion to select, to withhold and select from among the four impeachment complaints
12:28which will be the one to be transmitted in the Senate in derogation of the one-year ban rule.
12:36Wala po silang discretion.
12:38Kung sila po mismo ay hindi sumusunod sa tuntunin,
12:43bakit po ngayon ay napakarami pong nagsasalita
12:46na parang akala mo ay ang Supreme Court pa ang nagkasala, ang nagkamali.
12:53Samantaka lang ito po, napakasimple po ng tuntunin hindi kailanman sinunod.
12:59Even the 10th session day na sinasabi nila, 11th session day nung ilagay po nila sa order of business, sabi nila.
13:07They never included them in the order of business.
13:10Wala po.
13:11Nasa akin po yung kopya.
13:14Ano ba po ang pagkakamali?
13:17Mr. President,
13:18Ipakita po natin yung last page ng impeachment complaint.
13:24Pakita po sa slide.
13:26Ayan po, Mr. President.
13:29Subscribe and verify before me.
13:32On this blank day of February 2025.
13:59Wala pa pong date.
14:02Ito po ba ang verification, Mr. President?
14:06Hindi po.
14:08Ang verification po ay nakasaad po sa mismong tuntunin ng House of Representatives.
14:15Balikin po natin ng section 3.
14:19Ano po ang sinasabi?
14:20Section 3, paragraph 2.
14:24An impeachment complaint is verified by an affidavit that the complainant has read the complaint
14:30and that the allegations therein are true and correct of his personal knowledge or based on authentic records.
14:37At the very least, yun ang dapat na ilagay po.
14:40Nakalagay po ba sa verification dito?
14:43Ng Secretary General ng House of Representatives?
14:46Wala.
14:47Ito po'y parang jurat lang sa isang affidavit.
14:52Sinasabi lamang po dito, kilalan niya yung nagsipirma sa isang dokumento.
14:58Na ang dokumento ay naglalaman ng 32 pages.
15:02This is not the verification required under the rules of impeachment by the House of Representatives.
15:10Ang totoo po, kung balikan po natin ang section 14, nandiyan po sa slide.
15:17Isinulat na po sa tuntunin kung ano po ang dapat kopyahin nila para magkaroon ng tunay na verification.
15:23Hindi pa po nila kinopia.
15:25Mr. President, ito po yung contents ng verification na dapat sana, yun ang nilagay nila sa complaint.
15:32We, sabi po rito, after being sworn in accordance with law, depose, and state that we are the complainants in the above entitled complaint or resolution of impeachment,
15:45that we have caused the said complaint resolution to be prepared and have bred the contents thereof,
15:51and that the allegations therein are true of our own knowledge and belief on the basis of our own reading and appreciation of documents and other records pertinent there too.
16:01Kokopyahin na lang, Mr. President, hindi pa nakopya.
16:08Mr. President, alam mo po, nung ako'y grade 4, yung teacher po namin, binigyan po kami ng isang short quiz.
16:16I-drawing ninyo ka niya yung Bicol Region.
16:21Siguro po, 1963 yun, Mr. President.
16:25Yung mas bati, hindi pa kasali sa Bicol Region.
16:29O hindi, kabisado ko naman po sapagkat mahilig po ako sa social studies, Mr. President.
16:35Meron po dalawang nangung-opya sa akin.
16:39Yung isa nasa likod, yung nasa kaliwa ko.
16:41Yung nasa likod po, nakopya niya po tunay yung aking drawing.
16:48Pinagalitan siya pero ipinasapo sapagkat nakopya niya po yung aking drawing.
16:53Yung isa po, nangopya na nga, hindi pa niya nakopya.
16:57Ang kinopya po, mas bate.
17:01O eh wala po.
17:02Hindi po siya nakapasa.
17:04Ano pong ibig ko sabihin dito?
17:07Kokopyahin na lang eh.
17:09Alam po ninyo sa mga litigation lawyers.
17:13Practicing lawyers worth their salt.
17:15Wala ka lang certification of non-forum shopping,
17:18i-dismiss ka ng Supreme Court.
17:19Paliwanag po yun.
17:22Hindi subscribe yung complaint mo, dismiss ka kagad.
17:25Mahigpit po ngayon eh.
17:27Ito po, this is an impeachment complaint.
17:29You are removing the second highest official of government.
17:33Yun lamang pong verification.
17:34Sablay na po.
17:36Ano pong nakalagay dito?
17:39Section 3, paragraph 3.
17:41An impeachment complaint required to be verified
17:44which contains a verification based on information and belief
17:47or upon knowledge or information and belief
17:50or lacks proper verification, katulad po nito ngayon,
17:54shall be treated as an unsigned impeachment complaint.
17:59So pwede pong tratuhin pala ngayon.
18:02Sapagat wala pong verification.
18:04It may be treated as an unsigned impeachment complaint.
18:08Paano ngayon?
18:09Pagkat ay magsasalita po ang napakarami.
18:11Alam po ninyo kung, Sir President,
18:17kumbaga po sa nagluto ng sinaing,
18:21kasesya na po kayo kung kinakailangan ako po'y gagawa ng pagkahaling,
18:24tulad ano.
18:26Ang impeachment complaint po
18:28ay parang sinaing na niluto ng House of Representatives.
18:32Hilaw po eh.
18:34Hilaw na hilaw.
18:35Ano po yung hilaw sa
18:39Biculano, Mr. President?
18:43Hilaw din po yata.
18:47Sa Visaya,
18:49hilaw din po.
18:52Sa Kapampangan,
18:55magad to, Mr. President.
18:58Sa waray po,
19:00matagudtod.
19:03Sa Ilonggo po,
19:04Lagdos.
19:08Sa Ilocano,
19:09Maracusol.
19:12Sana po tama ang aking pagkaka-pronoms.
19:17Ang dami pong nagsasalita, Mr. President.
19:20Doon lang po po sa House of Representatives.
19:22Isa pong bagong pasok doon.
19:25Ngunit patagal na pong nagserviso sa ating bansa.
19:28Naging senadora,
19:30naging secretary of justice,
19:32naging chairman ng Human Rights Commission.
19:36Alam po po po nang sinabi niya sa isang panayam.
19:40Ito po, nakakuha ko.
19:43Harap-harapan na tayong niloloko.
19:46Kakaibang korte ito.
19:51Sana sa palengki na lang,
19:52finail ang impeachment case.
19:55At least doon,
19:57may nagtitinda ng totoo.
19:58Eh sana po,
20:01magtinda po siya ng matagudtod na kanin
20:07dyan sa
20:09dyan sa Samar.
20:12Baka may bibili kaya.
20:14Pwede kaya siyang pumunta dyan sa Pampanga po
20:17para
20:17magbenta ng magadto na kanin.
20:21Kung may bibili,
20:23baka sakali.
20:23Pumunta kaya sa Panay
20:27para
20:27magbenta ng
20:29lagdos na kanin.
20:32Wala po siguro,
20:33Mr. President.
20:35Baka ngayon,
20:35daganding-ding,
20:36hindi pa patusin.
20:38Huwag pong ganun.
20:41Andami na pong
20:41nagsipagsalita.
20:44Samantalang hindi po nila nakita.
20:47Kayo pong nagsimula ng mali.
20:49Hindi naman po sinasabi ng Korte Suprema
20:51na kailanman ay huwag kayong mag-impeach.
20:53Huwag na kayong mag-pile.
20:54Ayusin nyo lang po eh.
20:56Yun lamang po ang gustong mangyari dito.
20:58Ayusin nyo.
21:00You want to impeach the Vice President,
21:02do it in the right way.
21:05Hindi naman po tinignan ng merito eh.
21:08Ang sinasabi yung proseso,
21:09hindi po nyo sinunod eh.
21:11Sinasabi na nga,
21:12walang impeachment complaint
21:14bukod sa isa.
21:16Laban sa isang opisyal
21:17sa loob ng isang ta...
21:19Akalain mo naman apat po agad ng ipinay.
21:21Pagkatapos yung apat,
21:22ikukonsider mo na isa.
21:24Hindi naman po yata tama yun,
21:27Mr. President.
21:33Mr. President,
21:36gusto ko pong basahin
21:39isang parte
21:41ng official statement
21:43of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines
21:45and the Supreme Court's decision
21:47in Duterte v. House of Representatives,
21:50August 1, 2025.
21:55And I quote,
21:56disagreement with the court's reasoning
21:58is neither unwelcome nor unexpected.
22:02Dissent is not foreign to a democracy.
22:05It is essential to its survival.
22:08But to incite public repudiation
22:10of its authority
22:11or even just to call
22:13for its outright defiance
22:14erodes the very foundation
22:16of the legal order.
22:17Such actions disturb
22:20the equilibrium of powers
22:21and imperil the integrity
22:23of our democratic institutions,
22:25especially when
22:26appropriate legal remedies
22:28remain available
22:29within the framework
22:30of our constitutional system.
22:32If every adverse ruling
22:35becomes an invitation
22:36to disobey,
22:37the law ceases to be
22:39a constraint on power
22:40and becomes
22:41its casualty.
22:43The Constitution
22:44does not require agreement.
22:47It demands
22:47adherence.
22:51Ang sinasabi po
22:52ng mga ibang kasama natin
22:54eh magpapail pa naman
22:55ng impeachment
22:56ng motion
22:57for reconsideration.
23:00Bakit hindi natin
23:00hintayin?
23:02As I said,
23:05Mr. President,
23:07if you are
23:08a practicing lawyer
23:10worth your salt,
23:11you are confronted
23:13with the unanimous
23:14decision of the Supreme Court.
23:17In a firm voice,
23:18it says,
23:18this is unconstitutional,
23:20void of inicio,
23:22violative of due process,
23:23and the Senate
23:24never acquired
23:25jurisdiction over this.
23:27And it is
23:28immediately executable.
23:29Parang sinasabi niya
23:32sa'yo,
23:32wala ka ng room
23:33magpail niyan?
23:35Is anyone expecting
23:36that even one soul
23:37of the members
23:38of the Supreme Court
23:40will reverse himself?
23:43We cannot depend
23:44our action,
23:46Mr. President,
23:48on the fortunes
23:48of litigation.
23:52Naalala ko pa nga po eh,
23:55doon sa kaso
23:55ng Francisco
23:57versus House
23:58of Representatives,
24:01the former
24:01Chief Justice
24:02Renato Puno
24:04in his separate
24:05concurring opinion.
24:06Naalala ko po eh.
24:08Ang sabi niya,
24:09with the possibility
24:09of two impeachment
24:10complaints
24:12reaching the Senate,
24:14the good Chief Justice
24:15said that
24:16the Senate,
24:18in the exercise
24:19of its primary
24:20jurisdiction,
24:21can decide
24:22the question
24:23of whether or not
24:24the one-year
24:26bar rule
24:26has been violated
24:29or not.
24:29the Senate
24:31can even decide
24:32if on its face
24:35the impeachment
24:35complaint
24:36has no legal
24:38basis.
24:40At ang sabi pa po niya
24:41doon,
24:42Francisco
24:43over
24:43versus
24:45House of Representatives,
24:46sabi pa niya roon eh,
24:49if the Senate
24:51finds
24:51that the
24:52one-year
24:53bar rule
24:54is
24:55violated
24:56or that
24:58the impeachment
24:58complaint
24:59has no legs
24:59to stand on.
25:01That will be
25:01the end
25:02of the entire
25:02controversy.
25:03He was saying
25:04that
25:04let's give
25:07all the
25:08remedies available
25:09to the House
25:10and the Senate
25:10because of
25:11their primary
25:12jurisdiction.
25:15But when
25:16the case
25:16is ripe
25:17for judicial
25:19determination,
25:21it was the
25:22view of the
25:22former Chief
25:23Justice
25:23that the
25:25Supreme
25:25Court at
25:26that time
25:26and only
25:27at that time
25:28when it
25:29can speak
25:30with great
25:30moral
25:31authority
25:31in order
25:33to compel
25:34the
25:35loyalty,
25:37the
25:37respect,
25:39and the
25:39obedience
25:39of our
25:40people.
25:41Mr.
25:42President,
25:43when the
25:44Supreme Court
25:44negates
25:45the actions
25:46of a
25:47co-equal
25:48branch of
25:48government,
25:49it does not
25:50assert
25:51its superiority.
25:52it upholds
25:55the supremacy
25:56and the
25:57dominance of
25:57the fundamental
25:58law of the
25:58land,
25:59the Constitution.
26:02And so
26:02the Supreme
26:03Court has
26:04already spoken,
26:05the last
26:06arbiter of
26:06law.
26:07It says
26:08the complaint
26:09is unconstitutional,
26:11is buoyed up
26:12in issue,
26:13is violative
26:14of due
26:15process.
26:16The Senate
26:17never acquired
26:17jurisdiction over
26:18this.
26:19It is
26:20immediately
26:20executory.
26:21On that
26:22note,
26:22Mr.
26:23President,
26:24I respectfully
26:25move that
26:26impeachment
26:26complaint
26:27be dismissed.
26:28I so
26:28move,
26:29Mr.
26:29President.
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