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Bicol Saro Rep. Terry Ridon says the required 106 votes at the House of Representatives needed to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte 'is not difficult to surmount' as the members will decide 'based on their conscience and evidence presented' at the hearings presided over by the justice committee. Speaking at a press briefing in Quezon City on May 2, 2026, Ridon, a member of the panel, said his colleagues would be 'convinced' based on 'the evidence of unexplained wealth, confidential funds, and the threats against the president.'

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00:00...to trial at the Senate while you have a Supreme Court petition at the Supreme Court.
00:05Kasi ho, ginawa niyo respondent eh, yung pong Senado, dito po sa inyong Supreme Court petition.
00:14Katawa-tawa po yun na pupunta ho kayo to present your defense at trial
00:22samantalang kina-question po ninyo yung kabuan po ng proseso.
00:26Yung pong House Impeachment proceedings, kina-question ho nila.
00:30Yung consequence po ng House Impeachment proceedings is also going into the Senate.
00:34Hindi ba?
00:35So paano ho kayo magpapakita ron, questioning the proceedings while also wanting to present your evidence there?
00:44Hindi ba?
00:45Hindi ba yung height of a contradictory legal defense bad faith strategy?
00:51Hindi ba?
00:52So ang challenge to the defense panel of the vice president,
00:55Dapat bago ho sino magpakita sa trial at the Senate,
01:00dapat i-trust na ho nila yung pong Supreme Court petition ho natin
01:05para mag-usap-usap tayo doon, maglaban ho tayo.
01:09So mayroong mga private lawyers and some congressmen na narinig natin na ipainhibit yung seemingly biased
01:17o nagpakita na ron ng kanilang boto ng mga senador sa impending trial.
01:23Kayo ba'y naniniwala sa ganon?
01:25O sabi naman ng iba, ano ba naman ito?
01:27Di pa nagisimula ang Senate trial?
01:28Parang nagwawagayway na ng puting bandila.
01:32Alam po ninyo, ang mas mahalaga po talaga sa trial, mailatag po yung ebidensya.
01:38At makapaglatag din po ng depensa yung pong pangalang pangul.
01:41That is your last chance to actually explain how in the world,
01:46paano ho nangyari na yung pong mag-asawang, mga abogado, public servant,
01:51may naluluging mga negosyo, nagkaroon po ng 4.4 billion na pumasok po sa kanilang mga accounts.
01:58Yung pong mga ordinaryong tao, hindi po nila ma-imagine yun.
02:01Sobrang layo po ng billion sa million.
02:05Hindi ba?
02:05At yun po yung pagkakataon nila.
02:07Ako, hindi ako pabor na magpa-inhibit.
02:09Let the senators participate in trial, ask the questions,
02:14and I'm quite certain yung pong mga prosecutors,
02:17and the defense will be able to answer the questions po of the senator judges during trial.
02:26Kung nabanggit niyo malaki ang pagkakaibay ng 1 million sa 1 billion,
02:30nagmental calculation ako, yung 1 million, pag gumas ka ng 1 million isang araw,
02:34ubus na pag gating na alasin ko ng hapon.
02:36Yung 1 billion, halos tatlong taon na araw-araw kang gagasos ng 1 million
02:41bago maubos ang 1 billion.
02:43So yung 6 billion, siyang na taon po yun,
02:46na araw-araw kang gagasos ng 1 million.
02:49Mahalaga pong iilatag din natin yung konteksto.
02:53Ang sabi nila, pag-usapan lang natin 2022 to 2024,
02:58kasi yun lang yung panahon na sila daw po ay pangalawang pangulo.
03:03Pwede pag-usapan natin yung 2022,
03:06particularly doon sa AMLOC report.
03:08In 2022, meron pong outflow na 40 million
03:14mula po doon sa mga accounts po na mag-asawang Duterte Carpio.
03:17So ano ibig sabihin nyo noon?
03:19Eh ang salin po nila, mga 70 million lang,
03:23wala naman po nakalagay sa salin doon na mga bagong purchases
03:25ng property na ganunong kalaki.
03:28So sana po tayo 40 million?
03:29Hindi ba?
03:30So, kumbaga, I think these are the questions that
03:33if they don't want to answer it,
03:34they did not answer it to the level of the committee,
03:36it is something that they should answer at the level of trial.
03:40But again, they cannot go to trial
03:43for as long as there is a petition in the Supreme Court.
03:46Hindi ba?
03:47At talaga ho nga nakakatawa yun.
03:49Pagka ipipilit ho nila na pwede ho magsabay,
03:52yung dalawang bagay po na yun.
03:53Si Vice President Sarah compelled to attend every hearing,
03:59di ba, ng SENA?
04:02Hindi siya pwedeng mag-ano.
04:05Nagbanggit na ho si Senator Laxon dyan.
04:08I think yung pong apagkakabanggit niya,
04:10they will compel her, but ultimately,
04:13it is still her choice.
04:15I think that is how she,
04:18that is how he actually described it.
04:41You
04:53You
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