00:00The House Prosecution Panel has asked the Senate Impeachment Court to open a sealed box containing the tax records of
00:07Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Man Scarpio.
00:10This for marking as evidence during Duterte's impeachment pretrial conference.
00:14House Prosecutor Laila Delima says the prosecution had filed a manifestation before the Senate Impeachment Court.
00:20So since we are in the marking of exhibits, this is the proper stage na kailangan na rin siguro buksan
00:27yan para magkaroon na ng inventory of the contents of that particular BIR box.
00:34In April, the House Justice Committee decided against opening the box due to legal concerns.
00:39For Senate Clerk of Court Renato Bantug Jr., the opening of the BIR box should be decided by the impeachment
00:45court itself.
00:46Bantug also says the scheduled start of the impeachment trial on July 6 is tight but not impossible.
00:52He adds, the pretrial order, a document which lists the sequence for presenting arguments, pieces of evidence and witnesses, and
00:58schedule of trial, is expected to be released on Monday, June 29.
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