00:01The prosecution team refutes claims that lead trial prosecutor Jinky Luizor was outgunned by Vice President Sara Duterte's defense team
00:08during the first day of impeachment pre-trial proceedings.
00:11An online site had reported that Duterte's lead counsel Sheila Cison dominated the first day and outmaneuvered a prosecution team
00:18that was unprepared for the defense's arguments.
00:20That is not true. I charge it to fake news and the people should become very cautious now in watching
00:32from the social media.
00:33We should be careful in deciphering what is correct and what is false.
00:41Hindi po ako papayag na lamunin ang buhay ang laban ng sambayan ng Pilipino.
00:48Newly appointed prosecution legal spokesperson Benjamin Tolosa Jr. says it was factually impossible for Duterte's lawyers to get an upper
00:55hand on Luizor in the context of a pre-impeachment conference.
00:58He says Luizor shot down the defense's attempt to raise the issue of lowering the conviction threshold during the pre
01:05-impeachment trial.
01:06Luizor had floated the idea of reducing the number of required votes to convict Duterte in a previous interview.
01:11She noted the base number had changed with Sen. Bato De La Rosa and Sen. Gingoy Estrada beyond the coercive
01:17power of the Senate.
01:18To say that you got the upper hand, it should mean that you're able to get favorable rulings on your
01:24part.
01:24But that's impossible. Why? Because the clerk of the impeachment court cannot even make any rulings.
01:32Tolosa adds the prosecution team achieved their goal of ensuring that the trial would proceed in an expeditious manner.
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