00:00I will go back to the pre-trial conference.
00:04Is it normal to be the case that you can mark the evidence and no object?
00:10Let me respond to that.
00:13That's definitely unusual.
00:17During pre-trial conference, one of the important things that you do there is the marking of exhibits.
00:22I'll remind you, simply, if this is one of the evidences that you have in the pre-trial brief,
00:28it is minamarkahan lang.
00:31It is naririnig natin pangkaraniwan sa mga trial na exhibit A, exhibit B.
00:37So now, pagmamarkahan ng evidences,
00:40ang bawat partido na gustong magmarkahan ang kanyang evidences sa pre-trial,
00:46ito ay decision nila.
00:49At hindi hindi kailangan ipaliwanag kung bakit mo gustong markahan itong dokumento na ito
00:56o itong object na ito as your evidence.
01:00And they do not have the right to object to it.
01:04So, to answer your point, your question,
01:07very unusual po yan.
01:09Even just the marking of the sealed BIR box was vehemently objected to by the other party.
01:16Gusto ko lang po dagdagan yung sinabi ni Atty. J. Talosa.
01:22Actually, yung sa BIR box po na po yan,
01:25very important po yan doon sa unexplained wealth.
01:31Kung this is the only way we can actually explain,
01:34kung tama ba po yung nakareflect sa SALN,
01:37na declared asset, declared liability,
01:39at saka yung legal lawful income na tinatanggap na ating vice-presidente.
01:45So, inyong pong pagmamarka sa pagkakaalam ko po,
01:49and Attorney J. Talosa can correct me if I'm wrong,
01:52it's not the stage of admissibility ng evidence.
01:57Para lang po mapresenta at masimplify
01:59kung ano yung ipapresenta ng mga possible,
02:03ng mga ebidensya.
02:04Ang korte po ang may kapangirin para i-admit ito.
02:08So, from the very start na ayaw nila,
02:10it only speaks to us one thing,
02:13na parang takot sila mabuksan itong box na ito.
02:18Baka ito yata yung smoking gun.
02:20In fact, hindi lang yata ito smoking gun.
02:22Para mukhang armory na itong box na ito.
02:28So, it only speaks about their unwillingness
02:31to face the charges head-on.
02:33Kung may karapat may tamang proseso naman po
02:36na nilatag para maipresenta ng prosecution
02:40ang kanilang mga ebidensya,
02:42na ayon naman sa rules ng Senate,
02:44ay hindi naman ito itong punto
02:46ng pag-admit ng evidence,
02:48but merely to mark the potential evidence
02:51that the prosecution would present.
02:54And then, that stage alone,
02:56on that stage alone,
02:57that early stage alone,
02:58ay object nila vehemently,
03:00isa lang ang nasa utak ng ating taong bayan,
03:06na takot sila doon sa pagbubukas
03:09ng box na ito na galing sa BIR.
03:14Takot sila at wala silang maipaliwanag
03:16doon sa unexplained wealth na artikulo
03:18na kinacharged under the Articles of Impeachment.
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