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Impeachment prosecutors seek access to the tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Atty. Manases Carpio.


Can the prosecution obtain and use those records, similar to what happened during the impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona?


Sandra Aguinaldo reports.


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00:05Vice President Sara Duterte
00:06Target ng prosekusyo na mabuksan sa impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte
00:11ang ilang tax record niya at ng kanyang asawa.
00:14Magagawa kaya yan tulad ng nagawa noon sa impeachment trial ni dating Chief Justice Renato Corona?
00:21Nakatutok si Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:26Paglabag ba sa karapatan ni Vice President Sara Duterte
00:29ang pagbubukas ng kanyang tax and bank records gaya ng sinasabi ng depensa
00:34o paglalahad lamang ng katotohanan gaya ng sabi ng prosekusyon?
00:42Mainit na rin itong pinagdebatihan sa isa ring impeachment trial noong taong 2012
00:47laban kayo noon ay Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.
00:51Na, kinwestiyon noon kung tama ang kanyang idiniklarang yaman.
00:55Kaya pumirma siya sa waiver para mabuksan ang kanyang mga bank account.
01:00Ito po, firmado ko na po.
01:03Pero meron siyang kondisyon.
01:05Dapat daw pumirma din ng waiver ang mga mambabatas.
01:09Kung hindi sila papayag sa hamong ito,
01:15bibigyan ko po ng direktiba ang aking defense panel na i-rest na po ang aking depensa.
01:23Total, wala naman silang napatunayang paratang laban sa akin.
01:29Nauwi ito sa kanyang biglang pag-alis sa paglilitis.
01:32The Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines wishes to be excused.
01:47Council for the Defense, will you kindly advise your client to return to the witness stand?
01:56I respect him as a Chief Justice, but this court must be respected.
02:04Quiet!
02:05At ang kanyang tax records na ongkat pa rin noon.
02:09Paliwanag din o ay Bureau of Internal Revenue o BIR Chief Kim Henares na tumestigo sa trial,
02:15nakasaad sa National Internal Revenue Code of the Philippines,
02:20na ang mga income tax returns na nakalagak sa Office of the Commissioner ng BIR
02:25ay magiging bahagi ng public records at maaring mabuksan sa inspeksyon sa utos ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas.
02:33Noong mga panahon na yun,
02:34pinayagan ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino ang pagre-release ng tax records ni Corona.
02:39Ako yung silupina ng Senado na mag-testify at dalhin ho yung mga income tax returns ni Justice Corona,
02:50the wife, the children, and the son-in-law.
02:53Kailangan may isang mag-testify niyan para ma-admit as evidence.
02:58Ngayon, tax records naman ni Vice President Sara Duterte ng kanyang mister at kanila mga negosyo
03:04ang gustong maungkat sa kanyang impeachment trial,
03:08bagay na tinutulan ang defense team ng Vice dahil labag-anila sa batas
03:13at labag sa karapatan ng Vice sa due process.
03:16Let's look at the tax code.
03:19Section 270 of which criminalizes disclosure of taxpayers' information.
03:28Meron po bang exception sa batas na ito?
03:32Meron po. But it is limited.
03:35Kasama po bang impeachment? Hindi po.
03:38Ayon sa ilang abogado, tulad noon,
03:41nasa kamay din ang Pangulo kung magagamit itong ebidensya.
03:45So, magsusupina ho siya kay Commissioner ng BIR.
03:49Ngayon, ang Commissioner ng BIR,
03:53susulatan niya ngayon ang Presidente
03:55na meron ho ako natanggap na supina.
03:59Pahingi ho ng authority nyo na pwede kong i-release.
04:03Kasi kung hindi nyo ko bibigyan ng authorization,
04:06hindi ko pwedeng i-release.
04:09Gayon man, pinag-iisipan pa ng prosecution
04:11kung kailangan pa ba talagang gambalain ang Pangulo.
04:15Legal strategy po yan.
04:17Hanggat maaari, siyempre,
04:18ayaw naman natin na kuluhin pa ang ating executive.
04:24Sabi naman ng Malacanang,
04:26wala pang request kay Pangulong Bobong Marcos
04:29para sa isang authorization.
04:31Sa ngayon, wala pa rin po.
04:32Wala pa rin pong ibinibigay na anumang request.
04:35Bukod sa tax records,
04:37pinapasabpina rin ang prosecution,
04:39ang bank records at reports
04:41ng Anti-Money Laundering Council
04:43ng mga confidential deal.
04:45Hindi po tayo takot sa dokumento.
04:47Ang gusto lang po natin yung naayon sa batas.
04:49Wala po tayong pinakatakot sa mga dokumento.
04:52It's really that, you know,
04:53when we're trying to obtain evidence,
04:55procure evidence,
04:56it always has to be within the limits
04:58of the Constitution,
04:59the laws, and the rules.
05:01Sa lunes ito,
05:02inaasang dedesisyonan ng Senator Judges.
05:05Ayon sa tagapagsalita na Impeachment Court,
05:08sakaling magbutuhan ang mga Senator Judges
05:10kung ipapasabpina ang financial records ng BICE,
05:14simple majority lang na mga dumalo ang kailangan.
05:1721 senador ang nakadadalo sa trial ngayon.
05:21Kaya labing isang boto ang kailangan.
05:24Sinusundan kasi ng korte,
05:25yung previous rin na nangyari sa corona trial.
05:30Nag-issue na sabpina ang korte
05:32kay Commissioner Quimenares.
05:35I'm sure itong fact na ito
05:38will be brought up as well
05:40by the Senator Judges or the parties
05:42pagdating sa lunes.
05:44Kung ipasabpina nga ng Impeachment Court
05:47ang financial records ni Duterte,
05:49maaari bang dumulog ang BICE sa Supreme Court
05:52para pigilan ito?
05:54Karapatan po nila yan.
05:56Everybody has a right to question.
05:58It is the part of due process.
06:02They can of course question.
06:04We cannot predict how the Supreme Court decides.
06:06May nagsasabi na hindi pwede
06:10dahil sole power to try and decide
06:13on all matters about impeachment
06:15ang Senate impeachment court.
06:19Meron naman school of thought
06:20na nagsasabi na parang pwede
06:22kapag maipakita na merong grave abuse of discretion.
06:24Sandra Aguinaldo na Katuto, 24 Horas.
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