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Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon says the House prosecution panel is now in its final stages of its preparations for the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. (Video courtesy of House of Representatives)

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Transcript
00:01In the House Prosecution Panel, we continue to look at the definite timelines of the Senate Impeachment Court,
00:12the pre-trial proceedings at the beginning of June, and the start of the trial of July 6,
00:20that we have implemented. So, in the past few days, we are going to conduct the MAC trials for each
00:29and every article of impeachment.
00:31So, the public and the volunteer private lawyers,
00:38we are going to submit a formal reply to the answer, non-answer,
00:53to our Pangulong Pangulo.
00:55We are going to submit the House Prosecution Panel as a manifestation
01:00because we believe that we are not able to answer any of our Pangulong Pangulo
01:07point per point,
01:09doon sa Articles of Impeachment,
01:12na ibinigay sa Kanya.
01:15So, we are going to hand it towards pre-trial.
01:18All of the evidence are penal.
01:21All of the documents are penal.
01:23All of the witnesses are penal.
01:27So, when there are a pre-trial conference,
01:30with the Senate Impeachment Court and other people,
01:34the prosecution is an easy claim.
01:38The confidence on convicting the Vice President is not based on the numbers of the Senate
01:42or the leadership of the Senate.
01:45Our confidence on convicting the Vice President is based on the evidence itself.
01:50So, on the AMLOC reports, on the NBI reports, on each and every piece of evidence, that is there for
01:58the senator judges to see during trial proper.
02:02So, magpalitman o hindi po yung liderato, I'm quite certain that we will be able to muster the numbers to
02:08convict the vice president.
02:09We will get to 16, irrespective of who the leadership was or who the leadership is.
02:15So, do you think, you're not saying that this is a favorable development for the prosecution panel?
02:24Is it a favorable development that the leadership changes?
02:26Well, I think it's an extraneous matter that doesn't concern the prosecution panel.
02:31So, we will present it based on the evidence.
02:35So, whoever the presiding officer is, I think it doesn't really matter to the panel itself.
02:40So, kasi ang totoo naman, we will still have to convince each and every senator judge in the course of
02:48the proceedings.
02:49So, the magic number is still 16, irrespective of who the senate president is, irrespective of who the presiding officer
02:57is.
03:10So, the vice president is, irrespective of who the david officer marks in chief statement.
03:11It is a evil one in these books.
03:11The Laurie and Dr. K Usually, you will have to convince each and every professor of the reporter being referred
03:12to himself
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