00:00At ngayong muling na-impeach sa Kamara at inendorso na sa Senado ang Articles of Impeachment
00:04lamad kay Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:07Alamin natin ang paghahanda ng kanyang defense team.
00:09Mga kasap po natin, ang isa sa mga abogado ni VP Sara na si Attorney Michael Powa.
00:13Attorney, good morning.
00:15Good morning, Sir Van. At magandang kumada rin po sa ating mga kapabayang.
00:18Attorney, nakausap niyo na ba si VP Sara habang nagde-develop itong mga pangyayari sa Kamara at Senado kahapon?
00:23Ano yung naging reaction niya?
00:25Sa atin naman po, we were just updating her. Pero yung malalim na pag-uusap, hindi pa po kami nakakapag
00:32-uusap.
00:34257, Attorney, yung pamobor sa impeachment kahapon. Mas marami ito sa 215 noong 2025.
00:41Ibig sabihin, posibleng mas marami yung kumbinsido sa committee report ng House Committee on Justice.
00:47Is this a cause of concern for the defense team?
00:50Well, tayo naman po sa defense teams, Ivan, di naman tayo talaga tumitingin sa numero, no?
00:56We're just focused on our defense.
00:58Now, I'm pretty sure, in all fairness to the members of the House, I'm pretty sure they have their own
01:02personal reasons why they voted yes yesterday.
01:05And we respect that.
01:07So, sa atin naman po, hindi naman nagbago yung preparasyon natin.
01:12Nakita naman natin, nandito na rin ha-antong-tong with the pronouncement and the defense the past few weeks.
01:17So, andalang po tayo. Andalang po tayo para sa next stage ng proceedings na ito, which is the Senate.
01:24Yes. And, Attorney, yung imahong nagpaliwanag ng kanilang yes vote kahapon,
01:28ang kanilang dahilan ay nais talaga nilang mabigyan si VP Sara ng pagkakataong sagutin ng mga allegasyon laban sa kanya
01:35in an impeachment trial.
01:38Well, we respect that position, Sir Ivan, no? And that's exactly what we plan to do, to give her the
01:44best defense possible.
01:45Yan naman ang pinaghandaan natin ng matagal ng panahon.
01:48So, tingnan na lang po natin yung development sa susunod na araw kung kailan magkoconvene ng impeachment court.
01:54And we will react accordingly.
01:57Isang ho sa mga tumatak ng statements ni VP Sara tungkol sa impeachment, noong una, sinabi niya, she wants a
02:03bloodbath.
02:05Ganyan pa rin ba ang gusto niya mo ngayon? At are we expecting a bloodbath?
02:10Well, na-explain naman ng vice-presidente natin last year, I think, yung ibig sabihin niya doon sa sinabi niya
02:17ng bloodbath, no?
02:18At ang nabanggit nga niya, eh, what she meant is yung dugo niya, yung subject ng bloodbath, no?
02:24It's not really what we perceived it to be.
02:27So, sa atin naman, we don't want to call it anything else, but rather we just want to say that
02:35the defense is really preparing, no?
02:37Para talagang maprotektahan lahat ng parapatan ng vice-presidente, madepensahan naman sa mga allegasyon laban sa kanya.
02:43Attorney, hindi pa kasi namin naririnig, hindi pa naririnig ng publiko ang magiging sagot ng defense team ni VP Sara.
02:52Kung paano sasagutin yung mga allegasyon laban sa kanya?
02:55Yung confidential funds, yung unexplained wealth, yung pagbabantaraw sa Pangulo?
03:01Well, Sir Ivan, kasi, syempre, you have to understand tayo, we don't want to telegraph our defenses,
03:06kaya hindi namin talaga sinansyas, publiko, even during the past interviews, no?
03:11Siguro, ang ma-assure na lang natin, lalo na sa mga sumusuporta sa ating vice-presidente,
03:17ay handa naman tayong sagutin lahat yan.
03:19And of course, we maintain pa rin yung ating mga objections dun sa nangyari sa lower house pagdating sa proceedings.
03:27Yung impeachment court, yung composition ng impeachment court, or yung leadership,
03:32masasabi po ba ninyo na mas favor o mas favorable itong impeachment court sa vice,
03:40ngayong under the leadership of Senator Cayetano?
03:44Opo, Sir Ivan, ayaw nating magsabi ng ganyan, no?
03:46Because if we say that, then we will be, siguro, painting a picture of bias between one leadership to another.
03:54We respect the Senate, kung sino man ang ating mga, ang literato, we expect fairness.
04:01At syempre po, no, alam naman natin na ang Senado ay really 24 independent republics,
04:07and we have always believed that they will decide based on the evidence presented to them.
04:14So again, gusto ko lang paruhin, we don't want to comment on that
04:17or paint a picture na may bias between one leadership and from another
04:21dahil nare-respeto po natin kahit si naman ang maging literato ng Senado.
04:25Authority Michael Powa, Sir, thank you very much for joining us this morning.
04:29Good morning, Sir Ivan. Maraming maraming salamat sa inyo.
04:32At magandang umaga ulit sa ating mga kababaya.
04:37At magandang umaga ulit sa ating mga kababaya.
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