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House lead prosecutor and Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville Luistro says that the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte would take over three months to accomplish--longer than she previously reviewed--in a press briefing on the second day of the pre-trial conference (PTC) between the prosecution and defense teams on Monday, June 22. (Video Courtesy of House of Representatives)

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Transcript
00:00Hi, Kong Jerville. Kong Jerville, in your previous interview,
00:04you said that you can take the impeachment trial for three months.
00:08Is this timeline going on? Or is there a possibility that you can take the impeachment trial for three months?
00:16If I will consider the number of witnesses and exhibits of both parties,
00:24it looks like it's not going on until September.
00:27But nevertheless, the number of trial dates for the prosecution and the defense
00:34is subject to the discretion of the impeachment court.
00:39So it will be the impeachment court who will have the final say,
00:43kung ilan ang trial dates na ipagkakalob sa prosecution,
00:47in the same way kung ilan ang trial dates na ipagkakalob sa depensa.
00:54Pero nagreflect na po ito dun po sa ibinigay niyo pong trial dates
00:58sa impeachment court yung more than three months.
01:01We submitted our list of witnesses and documents,
01:07including the possible number of trial dates.
01:10But of course, it is submitted for the resolution of the impeachment court
01:18as to how many trial dates will be provided to us.
01:21You can raise questions to our legal spokesperson.
01:25Yes.
01:26Sorry, just to add to that.
01:30The prosecution asked for 62 trial dates and the defense asked for 30.
01:3830?
01:4030.
01:4130 trial dates.
01:4662 trial dates for the prosecution and 30 for the defense.
01:51But of course, this could change during trial.
01:55It doesn't necessarily mean that we will need 62 days, for example,
01:59because if the court would allow us to present, for example,
02:05two witnesses per day, then it could be shorter.
02:08So it will depend on how it will actually unfold during the trial.
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