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'If I'm wrong, edi I'm wrong. Eh kung tama ako?'

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, June 8 asserted he is the legal Senate President and therefore, will be the presiding officer in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial.

Cayetano, in a hastily called press briefing, said he has to assert his standing as the Senate impeachment court’s presiding officer since it is clear that the bloc led by Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian lack the numbers to effect changes in the impeachment rules. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines via Hannah L. Torregoza | MB)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/06/08/alan-cayetano-asserts-he-will-preside-vp-saras-impeachment-trial


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00:00Sino po ang tatayong presiding officer sa impeachment trial? At may update po ba kayo sa...
00:05As soon as they have 13, walang problema sila na.
00:09Okay, so I have to assert because may pinaglalaban tayo.
00:13Pinaglalaban ko hindi yung si Alang Caetano ang Senate President.
00:16Ang pinaglalaban natin, ang Senado hindi pwedeng rubber stamp ng Malacanang.
00:22Hindi pwede na hindi independent yung Senate.
00:25Hindi pwedeng may hearing kakatulad kanina, yung bibig na bumubukas ay Senador, pero yung lumalabas na salita galing sa Malacanang.
00:33Ano pong rules sa pagpili ng presiding officer sa impeachment trials?
00:37They illegally amended the rules. They illegally had a session.
00:42So, in due time, there'll have to be something that will decide.
00:49But in the same manner na ina-assert ni Sen. Nguyen na he's the acting Senate President kahit na walang
00:58legal basis whatsoever,
01:00I have to assert, not for myself, but for the truth and for the Constitution.
01:05But it's still one month eh.
01:07At hindi kami nakikipag-agawan sa silya doon.
01:11So, for example, yung Senate Secretary, dapat siya yung ngayon nag-aayos para dyan sa pre-trial.
01:19But nagte-takeover sila, Atty. Bantog.
01:22So, we're doing it very patiently.
01:26Because nga, we don't want the whole Senate to be affected.
01:29Paano po yun? Kanina si House Secretary General Charlotte Garafil,
01:33nagpasa siya ng manifestation ng House Prosecution Team kay Secretary Bantog,
01:37pero hindi niyo po siya kinikilalang Sec. Gen.
01:39Yes. Pero ang House Prosecution Team, si Sec. Gen. Bantog daw yung kinikilalang.
01:43That's going to be a problem for at least a few days, maybe a few weeks,
01:46because we don't expect naman the Supreme Court to rule right away.
01:51But what's the best proof that Malacanang's hand is in this?
01:55First, yung pananakot nila sa mga membro namin na lumipat,
02:00yung offer na wala ng kaso pag lumipat.
02:03Second, as soon as nila ginawa,
02:06naglabas sila na ang House at ang Malacanang ay dun pumapabor.
02:10O diba? Pwede naman mag-neutral ang Malacanang eh.
02:12Pwede naman sabihin ng Malacanang,
02:15settle it among yourself.
02:17Ganon din sa House Prosecution.
02:18Hindi naman nila gusto ng fair na impeachment.
02:21Gusto nila yung, may pinipili na silang grupo.
02:24That's why sabi ko sa inyo,
02:26if I'm wrong,
02:27they blame me,
02:29eh kung tama ako na from 24 gagawin 22,
02:34eventually 18 ang senador,
02:35tapos sasabihin nila 12 convicted na,
02:38will that be a fair impeachment process?
02:41What will happen to the country if that happens?
02:43Then ang kasunod naman is con us.
02:45So, give me a few days.
02:47Pag-usapan natin yan,
02:48but let's focus lang dun sa nangyayari.
02:50But just to answer your question,
02:52it will be up in the air.
02:54That will be a legal question
02:57and we are in the right side.
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