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Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said during a press briefing on Thursday, June 18, that the Senate has yet to decide on whether to elect Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero to be the presiding officer in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00Hello. Sir, kapan kasi sinabi ni Sen. Ping na napag-usapan daw po ng majority na si Sen. Cheese yung
00:07i-elect nyo, sir. How did you go about this decision?
00:11I don't want to preempt yung presiding officer discussion. Pag-uusapan pa yan ng mga Senators. At under the rules,
00:21it's the Senate President who will preside unless the Senate will decide otherwise.
00:27So, I don't want to preempt our discussion. So, magkakaroon kami ng discussion dyan.
00:33Pero, sir, tama ba? You are okay if ever yun yung maging decision na majority na si Sen. Cheese yung
00:40mag-preside?
00:41Pag-uusapan muna. Pag-uusapan. Again, I cannot preempt kung ano yung magiging discussion.
00:47Pag-uusapan kayo, sir, if you want to preside?
00:49We will discuss. But right now, as it stands in the rules, I will preside.
00:55In sort of a TSR-520, it's a-I-s-are.
00:56Defend.
00:57That's what it эs-are.
00:58Pag-uusapan.
00:58Pag-uusapan.
00:59Pag-uusapan aeg.
01:08Pag-uusapan, E-s-are.
01:09Pag-uusapan.
01:09Pag-uusapan.
01:09You
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