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How does Vice President Sara Duterte behave as a person? This was the question that the House prosecution panel wanted answered during Duterte's upcoming Senate impeachment trial, particularly through a witness whom she had an infamous run-in with in the past.

And that witness is former Davao City court sheriff Abe Andres, the person whom then-Davao City Mayor Duterte punched in the noggin during a 2011 demolition incident. (Video courtesy of House of Representatives via Ellson Quismorio | MB)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/06/26/ano-ang-ugali-ni-vp-sara-prosecution-to-call-in-davao-sheriff-to-answer-this-question


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00:00Last, alam po, doon po doon sa sheriff na ipapakawag po as witness po.
00:05I mean, of course, the incident happened in 2011.
00:11Hindi po ba parang medyo, medyo na na po to,
00:16far-reaching na po to na why would the prosecution invite
00:22the sheriff na sinapak ni Vice President Saad Duterte?
00:27Ano po ba mag-inter, may iyaambag niya sa case ng Vice President?
00:37I mean, do you intend to present the witness as a character witness?
00:43Without going too much into the strategy, into the merits, into the weight of the evidence,
00:50but let me clarify that under the rules,
00:53it is allowed to present evidence to establish behavioral pattern,
00:58to establish propensity of a person to resort to violence, for example.
01:04So these are all allowed under the rules.
01:06But I'm sure you would understand why at this point,
01:09we can't disclose the particular reasons why we will be presenting this witness.
01:15Red, actions and words are very apparent insofar as the Vice President is concerned.
01:27When she's angry, she gets too volatile.
01:31We've seen not only the way by which she threatened the sitting President and the First Lady and the former
01:42Speaker,
01:43but the way that she acted on certain issues that she thinks undermines her authority,
01:57It's also speaks about the attitude that she is,
02:04the culture of impunity that we would try to address.
02:27So we actually see the attitude that,
02:38I am beyond reproach, I am beyond the law.
02:43Ibabanga po natin yun sa prinsipyo na no one should be above the law.
02:47No one should have the right to take justice into their own hands.
02:53Nakikita naman po natin,
02:54but the way she skips invitation,
02:58harapin yung mga pandinig sa Kongreso,
03:02at may pattern talaga yung action niya na parang attitude is impunity
03:09and she should not be subject to legal policies or regulation
03:17na naayon sa opisina ng kanyang nire-representa.
03:22Thank you, thank you, Red.
03:23Ibabalikan ko lang yung Red, no ethical standard.
03:26May batas na po pong tayo dyan,
03:28and Attorney Jeta Tolosa can actually expound on this.
03:31Meron talaga tayong expected na ethical standards
03:34sa lahat ng government employees.
03:36At the very least, kung may violation doon,
03:40that's already a betrayal of public trust.
03:42Dahil hinalal ka dyan ng tiwalan ng taong bayan
03:46na hindi mo lang pagsisirbisyuan ang taong bayang tapat,
03:49pero you also resemble the office,
03:52the standard by which you are expected to do so.
04:01It's okay, thank you.
04:07You
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