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The House justice committee voted against opening the sealed BIR box, with 6 members in favor, 38 opposed, and 0 abstained. The chair decided that the box would remain sealed and be kept by the committee until they decide whether there is probable cause.

A separate motion was approved to include the sealed box, whether opened or not, as part of the official records of the impeachment proceedings. These records will be sent to the plenary and the Senate if needed. (Video courtesy of House of Representatives)

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00:00Please be ready to vote. Again, the motion is to open the BIR box. Those who are in favor of
00:11the motion, please raise your right hand.
00:39You may put down your hands. Those who are not in favor of the motion, please raise your right hand.
01:24You may put down your hands.
01:27Those who abstain, please raise your right hand.
01:34That concludes the voting. Comsec, please submit the result of our vote.
01:43So, with six votes in the affirmative, and 38 votes in the negative, with zero abstention,
02:02the motion to open the box is hereby denied.
02:10So, let it be placed on the record that the committee will not open the box.
02:20Yes, the Comsec is directed to continue preserving and taking care of the sealed box until the committee decides on
02:33the existence or non-existence of probable cause.
02:37So, roll.
02:37Madam Chair.
02:42Madam Chair, I move that the box, opened or unopened, constitute part of the official records of this committee
02:50since it was officially transmitted by the BIR and officially received by this committee
02:55that it shall form part of the official records that will be transmitted to plenary and to the Senate if
03:02necessary.
03:02Second, Madam Chair.
03:05There is a motion to keep the box open or unopened as part of the official records of this proceeding.
03:14The same has been seconded.
03:16Is there any objection?
03:18Hearing none, the motion is approved.
03:21Let the box form part, though the same is sealed, form part of the official records of this impeachment proceedings.
03:30That concludes our resolution on the matter laid on the table.
03:35We shall now proceed to the next item in our agenda.
03:39Madam Chair.
03:40Madam Chair.
03:40The Honorable...
03:42The Honorable...
03:45Here.
03:52You
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