00:00Sa ika-anin na araw ng impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte,
00:05pinagdebatihan kung dapat bang isampina ang impeachment court
00:09ang mga tax at bank record ng bisye at kanyang asawa,
00:14giit ng prosekusyon.
00:16Kailangan ito para mailabas ang katotohanan.
00:19Pero mariin itong tinutulan ng depensa dahil isa raw itong fishing expedition
00:23na lalabag sa karapatan ng bisye.
00:25Hindi pa muna naglabas ng desisyon ang mga senator judges
00:28dahil kailangan daw nila ng mas mahabang panahon para makapagpas siya.
00:32Live mula sa Senado, nakatutok si Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:35Sandra!
00:40Mel, Emil, naglatag nga ng kanilang mga argumento itong depensa at prosekusyon.
00:47Kawag na nga po doon sa kahilingan na isampina ang bank at tax records
00:52ni Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:54Ayon po sa prosekusyon, dapat ilabas ito dahil ito ang magiging daan sa paglabas ng katotohanan.
01:02Salag naman po ng kampo ng depensa, paglabag ito sa karapatan ng bisye.
01:12Naibalik na sa Bureau of Internal Revenue o BIR,
01:15ang selyadong kaho na naglalaman ng tax records ni Vice President Sara Duterte,
01:21Mr. na si Attorney Manz Carpio at kanilang mga negosyo.
01:25Pero pinapasabi na ito ng prosecution panel para magamit na ebidensya sa impeachment court.
01:31Gayun din ang mga record ng transaksyon nila mula sa ilang bangko
01:35at reports ng Anti-Money Laundering Council o AMLAC.
01:39Sa pagsusulong ng prosekusyon na maipasabihin ang mga dokumento,
01:44sinabi nitong dapat mailabas ang buong katotohanan
01:46kognize sa Article 2 ng impeachment case patungkol sa anilay
01:51hindi maipaliwanag na yaman ng bisye mga ari-ariang hindi nakadeklara
01:56at pakikibahagi umano sa negosyo habang siya ay pangalawang pangulo.
02:02Bubuksan ba natin ang pinto ng katotohanan o haharangin ito?
02:07Ang hiling ng prosekusyon ay mailabas ang buong katotohanan.
02:11For this Honorable Court to determine whether VP Sara Duterte is unfit to continue in office,
02:18it must have a clear picture of the respondent as a public servant.
02:23Kailangan makita ng publiko at ng mga Senator Judge
02:27ang tunay na kulay ng Vice-Presidente
02:30at larawan ng kanyang buong pagkatao bilang isang lingkod bayan.
02:35Batay raw sa report ng Anti-Money Laundering Council,
02:39nagsimulang tumaas ng malaki ang financial activity ng bisye
02:43mula 2007 nung nanungkulan siya bilang Vice Mayor ng Davao City.
02:48Ani Diokno, mula 2007 hanggang 2013,
02:52umabot sa 3 bilyong piso ang financial activity ng bisye.
02:57Nahalal na Vice President si Duterte noong 2022.
03:01If she amassed staggering amounts of unexplained wealth
03:05while she was a Vice Mayor and Mayor,
03:08doesn't that say a lot about her unfitness to serve as a Vice President?
03:13Isn't that relevant to the question this court must resolve at the end of this trial
03:18of whether or not the Vice President betrayed the trust given to her by the people?
03:23Sabi pa ni Diokno, may kapangyarihan ng impeachment court na isabina
03:28ang mga tax at bank record, kahit ang mga umiiral na batas
03:32gaya ng Bank Secrecy Law at Data Privacy Act
03:35ay hindi hadlang sa impeachment court.
03:38Pinaalala din ang prosekusyon na minsan ang umaksyon
03:41ang impeachment court sa ganitong usapin
03:44sa kaso ni dating Chief Justice Renato Corona.
03:47Tanging ang hukumang ito, lamang ang may kapangyarihan magpa siya
03:52kung ang mga pinakamataas na pinuno ng ating bansa
03:56ay karapat dapat pa rin manungkulan.
04:00Because this power comes directly from the Constitution,
04:04no one, no person, no law, no administrative rule can limit or supersede it.
04:11Kaya naman po, ang hiling namin sa Korte,
04:15gamitin ang inyong natatanging kapangyarihan at karapatan
04:19na busisiin ang bank records, tax records at AMDA reports
04:23kaugnay ni VP Sara at ng kanyang asawa.
04:30Ang argumento naman ng abugado ng BICE na si Attorney Michael Powa
04:34kung papayag ang impeachment court sa hiling ng prosecution,
04:38malalabag ang karapatan ng BICE sa due process.
04:42Fishing expedition din anya
04:44o pagkahanap ng ebidensya ang pakay ng prosecution.
04:48When a subpina becomes oppressive,
04:52when it is unreasonable,
04:54and when it is merely issued
04:57for the very purpose that there is a hope
05:00that somewhere, somehow,
05:03something incriminating will come out,
05:06it ceases to be an instrument of justice.
05:10It becomes a weapon of a fishing expedition.
05:15And that is exactly what confronts this very court today.
05:20And that is why the defense has taken the position
05:23that the prosecution's requests must be denied.
05:27Labag-an niya sa saligang batas
05:29at ilang desisyon ng Korte Suprema
05:32ang nais ng prosecution na buksan
05:35ang mga tax at bank record
05:36na dapat ay confidential.
05:39Dagdag niya,
05:40labag din ito sa Anti-Money Laundering Act,
05:43Tax Code,
05:43Law on Secrecy of Bank Deposits,
05:45at Iba Pa.
05:46Let's look at the tax code.
05:49Section 270 of which criminalizes
05:53disclosure of taxpayers' information.
05:58Meron po bang exception sa batas na ito?
06:02Meron po,
06:04but it is limited.
06:05Kasama po bang impeachment?
06:07Hindi po.
06:09Yun nga pong mga bank account numbers
06:11na nakaspecify sa request
06:13for the issuance pa sa subpina.
06:15Ang aming posisyon po dyan,
06:17yan po ay nakalap
06:18doon sa illegal disclosure
06:20with all due respect
06:22na ginawa ng AMLAC
06:23before the Committee on Justice.
06:25Malalabag din anya
06:27ang karapatan ng Mr. Dambise
06:28na isang pribadong individual.
06:30Hindi rin daw nararapat
06:32na pati ang mga bank documents
06:34noong hindi pa siya Bise
06:35ay nais gamitin
06:36ebidensya ng prosecution.
06:39Today,
06:39the prosecution is requesting
06:42for documents
06:43spanning almost two decades,
06:46almost 20 years,
06:49dating as far back
06:50as 2007.
06:53Your Honors,
06:54it is a fact
06:55na noong 2007,
06:57ang respondent
06:59ay Vice Mayor pa lamang.
07:01Definitely
07:02not an impeachable office,
07:05Your Honors.
07:06How is that relevant?
07:09It is the position
07:10of the defense
07:11that it is not.
07:12In fact,
07:13what that is,
07:14is an unlimited search
07:16throughout a person's
07:18financial history.
07:20Matapos ilatag
07:22ang kanilang mga argumento,
07:23nagkaroon din ang pagkakataon
07:25ang magkabilang panig na sagutin
07:27ang punto ng isa't isa
07:29sa pag-asang makuminsi
07:31ang mga Senator Judge.
07:34Confidentiality,
07:35Your Honor,
07:37should not be
07:38the prevailing principle
07:39in this proceeding.
07:43Hindi po confidential
07:44ang katotohanan.
07:46We do not disagree
07:47with the prosecution
07:48in terms of accountability.
07:50Again,
07:51no one is above the law,
07:53but no one
07:54should also be deprived
07:56of the protection
07:57given by law.
07:59Pagkatapos ng isang oras
08:01na kokos
08:02ng mga Senator Judges,
08:03inihayag ni
08:04Presiding Officer
08:05Senator Cheese Escudero
08:06na sa lunes na sila
08:08magbibigay ng pasya
08:09kung pagbibigyan
08:10ang hinihinging
08:12sabida
08:12ng prosecution.
08:13The Senator Judges
08:15agreed to study
08:16the matter more.
08:17The Senator Judges
08:18agreed in kokos
08:19to decide on the matter
08:21on Monday.
08:27Ayaw po sa impeachment court
08:29ay sa martes na
08:30yung susunod na
08:31pagsasalang
08:32ng witness
08:33at yan nga po
08:34si NBI Chief
08:35Melvin Matibag
08:37kaugnay pa rin
08:37sa sinasabing
08:38pagbabanta ng bise
08:40sa buhay ng Pangulo.
08:41Emil?
08:42Maraming salamat.
08:43Sandra Aguinaldo.
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