00:27The Senate Impeachment Court
00:31Ang pinagdebatihan kanina ng prosecution at depensa, dapat bang pasabdina ang tax records ni Vice President Sara Duterte, Mr. Nassi
00:41-Attorney Manz Carpio at kanilang mga negosyo para magamit pinaibidensya sa Impeachment Court.
00:47Pinasasabdina rin ang prosecution ang mga record ng transaksyon nila mula sa ilang bangko at reports ng Anti-Money Laundering
00:54Council o AMLAC.
00:56Pang-unahing punto ng prosecution, dapat mailabas ang buong katotohanan kaugday sa Article 2 ng Impeachment Case saan nila'y
01:05hindi maipaliwanag na yaman ng vice,
01:07mga ari-ari ang hindi nakadeklara at pakikibahagi umunod sa negosyo habang siya ay pangalawang pangulo na ipinagbabawala nila ng
01:16saligang batas.
01:17Hu-buksan ba natin ang pinto ng katotohanan o haharangin ito?
01:23Ang hiling ng prosecution ay mailabas ang buong katotohanan.
01:28For this Honorable Court to determine whether VP Sara Duterte is unfit to continue in office,
01:34it must have a clear picture of the respondent as a public servant.
01:39Kailangan makita ng publiko at ng mga Senator Judge ang tunay na kulay ng vicepresidente
01:46at larawan ng kanyang buong pagkataong bilang isang lingkod bayan.
01:52Batay raw sa report ng AMLAC,
01:54nagsimulang tumaas ng malaki ang financial activity ng vicepresidente mula 2007
02:01nang manungkulan siya bilang vice mayor ng Davao City.
02:05Dagdag ni Jokno, mula 2007 hanggang 2013,
02:09umabot sa 3 bilyong piso ang financial activity ng vicepresidente.
02:14Taong 2022, nahalal na vicepresident si Duterte.
02:18If she amassed staggering amounts of unexplained wealth while she was a vice mayor and mayor,
02:25doesn't that say a lot about her unfitness to serve as a vice president?
02:29Isn't that relevant to the question this court must resolve at the end of this trial
02:35of whether or not the vice president betrayed the trust given to her by the people?
02:40Sabi ni Akbayan Partylist Rep. Jel Jokno,
02:44may kapangyarihan ang impeachment court na isabina ang mga tax at bank record.
02:49Kahit ang mga umiiral na batas, gaya ng Bank Secrecy Law at Data Privacy Act,
02:55hindi ahadlang sa kapangyarihan ng impeachment court.
02:58Pinaalala rin ang prosecution na minsan ang umaksyo ng impeachment court
03:02sa ganitong usapin sa kaso ni dating Chief Justice Renato Corona.
03:07Tanging ang hukumang ito, lamang ang may kapangyarihan magpasya kung ang mga pinakamataas na pinuno ng ating bansa
03:15ay karapat dapat pa rin manungkulan.
03:31Kahit ang bank secrecy law po ay sumusunod at tumatalima sa impeachment court.
03:38The law explicitly states, and I quote, its pertinent portions.
03:44All deposits are hereby considered as of an absolutely confidential nature except in cases of impeachment.
03:53Hindi rin pahadlang ang Data Privacy Act.
03:56The law itself affirms that confidentiality shall not apply, and I quote,
04:02should the personal information be needed pursuant to a subpena-dueling issue.
04:08Argumento naman ng depensa.
04:10Kung papayag ang impeachment court sa hiling ng prosekusyon,
04:14malalabag ang karapatan ng bisi sa due process.
04:18Fishing expedition anya o paghahanap ng ebidensya ang pakay ng prosekusyon.
04:23When a subpena becomes oppressive, when it is unreasonable,
04:30and when it is merely issued for the very purpose that there is a hope
04:36that somewhere, somehow, something incriminating will come out,
04:42it ceases to be an instrument of justice.
04:46It becomes a weapon of a fishing expedition.
04:51And that is exactly what confronts this very court today.
04:56And that is why the defense has taken the position that the prosecution's requests must be denied.
05:03Labag-a niya sa saligang batas at ilang desisyon ng Korte Suprema,
05:08ang nais ng prosekusyon na buksan ang mga tax at bank records na dapat ay confidential.
05:14Dagdag niya, labag din ito sa Anti-Money Laundering Act, Tax Code,
05:19Law on Secrecy of Bank Deposits, at iba pa.
05:22Let's look at the tax code, section 270 of which criminalizes disclosure of taxpayers' information.
05:34Meron po bang exception sa batas na ito?
05:38Meron po, but it is limited.
05:41Kasama po bang impeachment?
05:43Hindi po.
05:44Yun nga pong mga bank account numbers na nakaspecify sa request for the issuance pa sa subpina.
05:51Ang aming posisyon po dyan, yan po ay nakalap doon sa illegal disclosure,
05:56with all due respect na ginawa ng AMLAC before the Committee on Justice.
06:01Malalabag din anya ang karapatan ng minister ng vice na isang pribadong individual.
06:07Hindi rin anya nararapat na pati bank documents.
06:11Nung hindi pa Vice President si Duterte ay nais gamitin ebidensya ng mga taga-usig.
06:17The prosecution is requesting for documents spanning almost two decades,
06:24almost 20 years, dating as far back as 2007.
06:30Your Honors, it is a fact na nung 2007, ang respondent ay Vice Mayor pa lamang.
06:38Definitely not an impeachable office, Your Honors.
06:44How is that relevant?
06:46It is the position of the defense that it is not.
06:49In fact, what that is, is an unlimited search throughout a person's financial history.
06:57Matapos ilatag ang kanila mga argumento, nagkaroon din ang pagkakataon ang magkabilang panik na sagutin ang punto ng isa't isa
07:05sa pag-asang makumbinsi ang mga Senator Judge.
07:09Confidentiality, Your Honor, should not be the prevailing principle in this proceeding.
07:18Hindi po confidential ang katotohanan.
07:21We do not disagree with the prosecution in terms of accountability.
07:26Again, no one is above the law, but no one should also be deprived of the protection given by law.
07:34Isang oras na nag-coccus ang mga Senator Judge.
07:38Pagbalik.
07:39In caucus, the Senator Judges agreed to study the matter more.
07:43The Senator Judges agreed in caucus to decide on the matter on Monday.
07:48Muli namang, binanggit ng prosecution na hindi na nila iaharap bilang testigo ang chief of staff ng DICE na si
07:57Atty. Zolaica Lopez
07:58at security official ng Kamara na si Captain Belinda Belio.
08:02Binawi na rin nila ang dapat sanay ipepresent na lima pang testigo.
08:07Si NBI Director, Atty. Melvin Matibag, ang magiging huling witness para sa Article 4 sa susunod na linggo.
08:14Inaasa ang susunod na ipepresenta ng prosecution ang ebidensya sa obonay diwastong paggamit ng Lampas 600 Million Pesos na confidential
08:24funds
08:25ng Office of the Vice President at Department of Education sa ilalim ng panunungkulan ni Duterte.
08:31Pumingi at nakakuha na ng sampina ang prosecution para sa mga opisyal ng ilang bankong nag-release ng confidential funds.
08:40Ako si Sandra Aguinaldo, ang inyong saksi!
08:44Ako si Sandra Aguinaldo, ang inyong saksi!
