00:06Good evening, Luzon Visayas at Mindanao!
00:30Ang pagkakahalal kay Escudero tinutulan ng mga minority senators dahil labag umano sa saaligang batas.
00:37Gayong ang Senate President daw ang dapat magsilbing presiding officer.
00:41Naging mainit ang pagtatalo pero sa huli, nanaig ang mayorya kung saan labing dalawang senador ang bumoto kay Escudero habang
00:50walo ang tumutol.
00:52At nakatutok live si Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:55Sandra!
00:59Mel, Emil, Vicky, ito nga eh, unang labing isang minuto pa lamang po ng impeachment trial ay naging mainit na
01:07po ang pagtatalo.
01:08Pero hindi po yan tungkol doon sa ebidensya laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte kung hindi tungkol sa isyo ng
01:15pagkahalal ng presiding officer ng impeachment court.
01:23Alas dos ng hapon, magkakasunod na pumasok sa session hall ng Senado ang mga Senator Judges.
01:30Dalawamput isa na senador ang present.
01:32Wala si Senador Bato de la Rosa na nagtatago.
01:35Nakakulong naman si na Senador Jingo Estrada at Rodante Marculeta.
01:39Ang nakaupong presiding officer, si Senat President Sherwin Gatchalian.
01:44Karapatan ng sambayanan na malaman kung may katotohanan ang mga paratang laban sa pangalawang Pangulo.
01:51Tungkulin natin timbangin ang mga ebidensyang ihaharap at piyakin ang ating magiging pasya ay nakabatay lamang sa batas at sa
02:01mga katotohanan mapatutunayan sa paglilitis.
02:05Pero pagkatapos niyang magsalita, binuksan niya ang proseso para sa pagboto ng bagong presiding officer.
02:12We now proceed to the election of the presiding officer of the impeachment court.
02:17Dito tumayo sa Senador Alan Peter Cayetano para tumutol.
02:20Argumento niya, Senat President mismo ang dapat tumayong presiding officer.
02:25Bagamat hindi raw ito nakasulat sa saligang batas,
02:27Ito naman daw ang intensyon ng framers ng 1987 Constitution na makikita sa transcript ng kanilang deliberasyon noon.
02:36Institutional integrity. We need to protect the legitimacy of these proceedings.
02:43Even with the substitute presiding officer acts fairly,
02:46a conviction or acquittal reached under constitutionally defective process
02:50would invite judicial challenge and cast doubt on the validity of the entire trial.
02:56Punto ni Cayetano, nag-ugat ang issue sa kinokwestiyon niyang sesyo noong June 3
03:01kung saan inamiendahan ang impeachment rules
03:04para payagan ang election ng presiding officer na mamumuno sa impeachment.
03:09Sagunti katsal yan, dumaan ito sa tamang proseso
03:12at ang tamang lugar daw para talakayin ang issue ay kapag nakasesyon ang Senado.
03:17This resolution has been duly approved and everyone was given an opportunity to discuss that,
03:25to object. However, no one objected to that resolution and it was duly approved by the body.
03:33So, any discussion regarding this resolution should be discussed in plenary
03:45when the Senate convenes as a legislative body.
03:50We did not follow our rules.
03:51So, a rule that was passed that did not follow our rules
03:56or amendment that was passed that did not follow our rules is void.
03:59Sinigundahan si Cayetano ng kanyang kapatid.
04:02We looked at what the constitutional framers said.
04:05What did they say?
04:07This is the foundation of this trial na tama yung nakaupong presiding officer.
04:11Punto naman ni Sen. Kiko Pangilinan.
04:14Dinala na ni Cayetano ang usapin sa Supreme Court
04:17sa pamamagitan ng kanyang petisyong ipawalang visa ang June 3 session.
04:21The matter is pending before the Supreme Court.
04:24There is no temporary restraining order.
04:27There was a request for a status quo ante order.
04:31It was not granted.
04:32The point of order is improper.
04:38In fact, the debate on this matter here in the impeachment court is out of order.
04:45In the interest of justice, sabi nga nila, sometimes rules are not sacrosan.
04:52But itong nangyayari ngayon dito, bahay, ang publiko ang importante dito.
04:59Where does the constitution emanate from?
05:02From the public.
05:03From the people of the republic.
05:06So, disisyonan nyo na ito, Mr. President.
05:09Kasunod nito, tumayo si Sen. Panfilo Lakson.
05:12Pursuwing to rule two of the rules of procedures on impeachment trials as amended,
05:19I move to elect Senator Judge Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero
05:25as the presiding officer of this impeachment court.
05:30Objection, Mr. President, and may allow to...
05:32We proceed, we proceed to...
05:33Objection, Mr. President, I'm allowed to object and I'm allowed to explain my objection.
05:37You are allowed to object, but we will proceed with the division of the House.
05:40So, those who are in favor of the motion of Sen. Laxon, please raise your hand.
05:52We will vote by raising of hands.
05:55So, those who are in favor of the motion of Sen. Laxon electing Sen. Chief Escudero as the presiding officer,
06:05please raise your hand.
06:07Ang bilang, labindalawang senador ang bumoto kay Escudero.
06:11Walo naman ang tumutol dito.
06:13Si Escudero, hindi bumoto.
06:15Sa pagpapaliwanag ng kanyang pagtutol, may patama si Kayatano kay Escudero.
06:20If we're going to say we want a fair trial, let's make sure that every aspect of this trial is
06:25fair.
06:26I have information that the 20 years AMLA records of Sen. Escudero and his credit cards and bank accounts were
06:35all opened up in the office of the Senate President,
06:38where members of the Blue Ribbon Committee was here.
06:41Then we're going to ask him to preside.
06:44So, there's a problem.
06:46This is my explanation.
06:48This is my explanation.
06:49To the gentleman from the gate.
06:52This is SACWAL and this is my explanation.
06:53So, I will stop there.
06:55With all due respect, your statement's already out of order.
06:58It has nothing to do with the topic on hand.
07:01No, Mr. President.
07:02The presiding officer will strike off the statements pertaining to Sen. Escudero.
07:13Mr. President, kaibigan ko si Sen. Escudero, I don't doubt him. He is the victim here.
07:19Session suspended.
07:20Dahil umiinit na ang usapan, sandaling sinuspinde ang trial.
07:24At habang nakasuspend ito, umakyat na sa podium si Escudero sa tabi ni Gatchalyan para pamunuan ng impeachment court.
07:31Sa kanyang opening statement, binigyan din Escudero ang kahalagahan na maging patas ang paglilitis.
07:38Pinaalalahanan din niya ang mga kapwa Sen. Judges na iwasang magsalita tungkol sa trial.
07:44This is why the trial must be guided with prudence, tempered by caution, and marked with unquestionable impartiality.
07:51We must avoid even the appearance of impropriety and observe the cold neutrality of an impartial judge at all times.
07:59May I therefore caution my fellow Sen. Judges, the prosecutors, the respondent, and their respective counsels and witnesses
08:06to refrain from making any comments and disclosures to the public pertaining to the merits of this trial as mandated
08:13by the impeachment rules itself.
08:16Hindi po tayo nandito upang itagoyid ang anumang pampolitikal na adyanda.
08:19Hindi tayo narito upang paglingkuran ng kagustuhan ng alinmang panig.
08:24Narito tayo upang alamin ang katotohanan at sa pamamagitan nito, mapairal ang hostisyang walang kinikilingan.
08:35Vicky, walang isinalang na witness ngayong araw pero nagpapatawag po ng ilang witness para bukas sa pagpapatuloy ng trial alas
08:43dos ng hapon.
08:44Vicky?
08:45Maraming salamat sa iyo, Sandra Aguinaldo.
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