00:00Objection, Your Honor!
00:02Yan mga kapuso, ang mga katagang paulit-ulit na naririnig sa impeachment trial kay Vice President Sara Duterte
00:08mula po sa defensa kahapon at kanina naman mula sa prosekusyon.
00:12Pero bakit nga mag ginagawa ang mga pagtutol?
00:16Ang paliwala dyan ng ilang legal expert sa pagtutok ni Mariz Umali.
00:24Did the respondent utter that she already contracted a person to kill the President?
00:51The First Lady and the former Speaker of the House of Representatives.
00:59Are you done? Objection? Objection, Your Honor.
01:03Sa mga nanonood na impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte, may mga nabibitin.
01:09Dahil hindi pa nasasagot ng testigo ang tanong, hinaharang na agad ng kabilang panig.
01:14Nakita ito sa direct examination ng unang testigo ng prosekusyon.
01:17You said that your office conducted an investigation on the statement made by the Vice President dated November 23, 2024,
01:27correct?
01:28Objection, Your Honor.
01:29Leading.
01:31Your Honor, he's not on direct.
01:33Minsan, hindi pa natatapos kahit ang tanong.
01:36Objection, Your Honor.
01:37Oh, wait, wait, wait.
01:38Allow the council to finish his question.
01:40Ano have you done?
01:43Relax.
01:44At ngayon namang isinalang ang witness sa cross-examination ng depensa,
01:49ang prosekusyon naman, ang panayang pag-oobject sa paraan ng pagtatanong ng depensa.
01:53Screenshot of the website of this MaxCorp Interventures Co.
01:58It states under, about us.
02:02I am also flashing this on the screen, Your Honors.
02:05It seems that the Defense Council is the one presenting the documents without propounding any question to this witness.
02:14Highly improper, Your Honor.
02:16Apart from this affidavit of investigation, are you aware if there is any other affidavit of investigation signed by the
02:24NBI represented by the cybercrime?
02:27Okay, in that juncture, I have to object.
02:29Vague, Your Honor.
02:30Affidavit of investigation signed by the NBI.
02:32Related to this case, Your Honor.
02:33There could be thousands.
02:35Relevance, Your Honor.
02:36Relevance.
02:37Objection.
02:38Misleading.
02:39Now, the council is now asking this witness to confirm the contents of those certifications or letters.
02:48Your Honor, Your Honor.
02:49Compound question.
02:51Objection.
02:51Vague.
02:52Objection, Your Honor.
02:53Please misleading.
02:53Can I object to that, Your Honor, please?
02:55Um, that's argumentative.
02:57Did you really investigate this case?
02:58Oh, yun, argumentative.
03:00Are you sure, sir?
03:01Oh, argumentative.
03:02Dahil nakatutok ang halos buong sambayanan sa kahihinat na ng impeachment trial na hindi naman lahat ay may legal background,
03:09kahalagang maintindihan bakit mapanay ang pag-oobject ng mga abogado.
03:13Tanong ng marami, normal ba ito? Legal ba? O pangihimasok na? O pagharang ba sa katotohanan?
03:20Ayon sa isang legal expert,
03:22Kung legal sa korte po ito, yung judge po kasi, hindi po siya pwede tumingin ng ebidensya sa labas ng
03:28record or na-admit na ebidensya.
03:30So, mahalaga po talaga yun. Trabaho po talaga ng abogado na pigilin yung pagpasok ng ebidensya, lalo na kung may
03:36valid grounds naman.
03:37Patas po yan.
03:38Ang tanong, paraan ba ito para pigilan ang paglalabas ng katotohanan?
03:43Part of the trial, because the defense has the right to object to the evidence presented by the prosecution,
03:52it's up to the chair to rule on the objection, whether the objection is valid or not.
03:58That's why the chair is there.
04:01But the objection is part of the normal proceedings.
04:08Paliwanag ng depensa, hindi ito pagharang sa katotohanan.
04:11Well, kasi po under the rules, when someone is doing a direct examination, you cannot ask leading questions.
04:19Yung questions that are answerable by yes or no.
04:21Bakit? Kasi kung ganun ang question, parang yung abogado na yung nagbibigay ng testimonya tapos kinukumpirma na lang ng testigo,
04:28hindi ba?
04:29So, yung mga ganung bagay, hindi kasi pwede yan.
04:33At marami pang ibang mga grounds for objection.
04:36Ito sa trabaho naman po ng defense yun.
04:38So, it's really part of protecting the rights of our client.
04:40Paliwanag naman ang depensa kung bakit madalas ay hindi na pinatatapos ang tanong, bahagi raw ito ng legal strategy.
04:47Ang mahirap kasi dyan is sometimes, pag hindi masyadong mabilis ang objection mo, baka bago ko pa mag-object, nakasagot
04:53na yung testigo.
04:54At pag sumagot yung...
04:55Siyempre on record na yan.
04:56Magiging prosecution, sinabing bahagi ng legal na proseso ang pag-o-object.
05:00Dalawa lang ang pwedeng maging appreciation dyan.
05:04Either they believe that there is a genuine basis for objection or just part of the legal strategy.
05:10That's part of the trial and it really happens.
05:12It's the right and the strategy of the defense ng both sides.
05:15And that's the regular occurrence in an actual trial.
05:18Maging sa regular daw na korte, nangyayari ito.
05:21Pero pag tila na abuso, pinaalalahanan daw sila ng hukom.
05:25Kasi normally, nasa kapangyarihan naman ng korte, na i-control kung masyado na yung objections.
05:32To remind yung counsel.
05:34Kung kami ho minsan tinatawag sa bench para kausapin ng judge na ano ba nangyayari.
05:39So minsan pwede din po gawin ng korte yun.
05:41Maris Umali, Nakatuto, 24 Horas.
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