00:00Okay, ah,
00:05kaninang umaga,
00:07nagkaroon kami ng pag-uusap
00:09ng mga kasama sa Makabayan Block
00:12na bangit na sa amin
00:14na opisyal na hindi tinanggap
00:16yung kanilang impeachment complaint.
00:19Kaya kami may prepared statement na kami
00:22tungkol dito sa ginawa
00:24dahil na-anticipate na namin
00:26na talaga magkakaproblema
00:28sa mismong pag-file namin.
00:30At katulad na nangyari
00:32at na-anticipate namin, ganun nga.
00:34I will be allowed to read the statement
00:36to be clear, distribute na lang siguro.
00:38The refusal of the Office of the Secretary General
00:42of the House of Representatives
00:44to accept the impeachment complaint
00:46is a clear violation of both
00:48the rules of the House
00:50and the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
00:52Under the Constitution,
00:54the House of Representatives
00:56has the sole power to initiate
00:58impeachment proceedings.
01:00The rules of the House explicitly provide
01:02a ministerial duty
01:04for the Office of the Secretary General
01:07to receive and record impeachment complaints
01:10that are duly filed.
01:12There is no discretion given to the Secretary General
01:16to reject, screen, delay, or block such filings.
01:22By refusing to accept the complaint,
01:26the Office effectively usurps
01:28the constitutional authority
01:30of the House itself
01:32and denies the Filipino people
01:34their only lawful mechanism
01:38to raise grievances
01:40against a sitting president.
01:42If I may repeat that,
01:44by refusing,
01:46it denies the Filipino people
01:48their only lawful mechanism
01:50to raise grievances
01:52against a sitting president.
01:54Impeachment is not a political favor.
01:56It is a constitutional right.
01:58It is the only formal process
02:02through which citizens,
02:04through their representatives,
02:06can seek accountability
02:08from the highest official of the land.
02:10To block this process
02:12is not merely procedural error.
02:14It is a constitutional violation.
02:16An obstruction of a lawful remedy
02:20and a direct assault on the people's right
02:23to petition government
02:25for redress of grievances.
02:27The House of Representatives exists
02:30to serve the people,
02:32not to shield those in power
02:34from scrutiny.
02:36The rules are clear.
02:38The Constitution is clear.
02:40The duty is clear.
02:42And no office has the authority
02:45to silence the people's voice.
02:48Maraming salamat po.
02:50At pagandang hapon sa inyong lahat.
02:51If I may distribute this.
02:53Meron ako yung dadagdag.
02:54Sandali lang.
02:55Dadagdag ko lang.
02:56Yung impeachment complaint
02:58is actually a people's complaint.
03:01Yun lang.
03:02So, hindi kailangan pigilan
03:04ang reklamo ng taong bayan.
03:06It's a people's complaint.
03:07It's a constitutional process
03:10na nasa Constitution natin
03:12na pinoprovide para sa ating lahat.
03:14Ako naman,
03:16wala na akong idadagdag.
03:17Okay na yun?
03:18Masasabi ninyo,
03:19hindi tinanggap yung impeachment complaint.
03:21Sino?
03:22Hindi tinanggap.
03:23Alay, yun nga.
03:24Sa hindi pagtanggap nila,
03:25it is not only a violation of the rules,
03:27but of course of the Constitution.
03:29At tapos mahalaga,
03:30ito lang kasi ang paraan ng taong bayan
03:32na magreklamo sa nakaupong pagulo.
03:34Hindi ka pwedeng mag-file sa ombuds ban.
03:36Hindi ka pwedeng mag-file sa korte.
03:38Sa ginawa nilang ito,
03:40parang tinatanggal nila yung karapatan ng taong bayan
03:43na magkaroon ng maayos,
03:45legal na pagreklamo
03:47dun sa nakikitang problema
03:49sa nakaupong presidente.
03:51May ginawa nyo rin ba yung ginawa ng makabayan kanina
03:54na nag-iwan kayo ng kopya ng complaint
03:56sa part of the section?
03:58Hindi.
03:59Hindi, nag-iwan kami.
04:00Nag-iwan ba tayo?
04:01Ako na nga, ako na nga.
04:02Okay.
04:03Nag-iwan kami,
04:04pero hindi nilang tinanggap.
04:06We attempted,
04:08and we have recorded every possible conversation
04:11we had with...
04:12So, a copy of your complaint
04:14is not inside of the section?
04:17Hindi nilang tinanggap.
04:49B
04:53In
04:54langk
04:55Mercy
04:56pa
05:06Rapid
05:08Sorry,
05:09no
05:10l
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