00:25Joseph Moro
00:32Sa kabila ng mga inilatag na pagtutol ng Depensa Pinayagan ng Senate Impeachment Court,
00:38ang hiling ng prosekusyon na ipasabina ang bank account records si Vice President Sara Duterte,
00:44pati ang sa kanyang asawang si Atty. Manasa Scarpio mula 2007 hanggang 2021.
00:50Sa kop nito pati ang mga taong hindi pa Vice President si Duterte.
00:53Ayon sa Senate Impeachment Court, pasok ang mga ito sa requirement na definiteness o natukoy kung aling mga dokumento ang
01:00kakailanganin o relevancy
01:01o koagnayan nito sa pinag-uusapang aligasyon sa ilalim ng Article 2 ng Articles of Impeachment.
01:07Dito nakapailalim ang umunay hindi maipaliwanag na yaman ng Vice.
01:11Pero mga peso account lamang na mag-asawa ang saklaw ng Sabpina dahil kailangan ng consent o pagpayag ng depositor
01:18para mabuksan ang mga foreign currency account.
01:20The court finds that the requested documents meet the requirements set forth above.
01:25They are reasonably described, readily identifiable, prima facie relevant, and material to the allegations under Article 2.
01:31The documents requested under the Sabpina Duterte will not be used to allege additional independent impeachable offenses.
01:40The court will not allow this in adherence to the doctrine laid down in Duterte VHOR
01:45as this will violate the respondent's right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusations against her
01:52and her rights to due process at every stage of the proceedings.
01:56Ipinunturin ni Presiding Officer Chisa Scudero na hindi saklaw ng right to privacy
02:00ang impormasyong hinihingi sa visa ng Sabpina.
02:03Furthermore, Rule 5, Section 22F of the DPA, Data Privacy Act Implementing Rules,
02:09expressly permits the processing of sensitive information, personal information,
02:14when provided to government or public authority pursuant to a constitutional or statutory mandate,
02:20and when necessary for the protection of lawful rights, interests, in court proceedings.
02:25Bago pa man basahin ni Scudero ang desisyon ng Korte, may inusisa siya sa abogado ni Duterte.
02:31What is the property regime governing their marriage?
02:35As far as I know, there are no property regime arrangements or prenup.
02:41That's why, Your Honor, I would assume it would be the default property regime,
02:45which would be absolute community.
02:46The absolute community of property. Thank you, Counsel.
02:49Sa binasang desisyon, ipinuntong hindi maihiwalay ang bank accounts na mag-asawa tulad din na Vice President Duterte.
02:56Their financial interests are therefore statutorily intertwined for purposes of disclosure.
03:01The law is clear on the matter.
03:03The legal necessity of examining the financial records of Attorney Carpio
03:06is firmly cemented by the default property regime
03:09of absolute community of property governing his marriage to the respondent.
03:14Investigating Mr. Carpio's financial records is therefore not an unwarranted intrusion into a third party's privacy,
03:20but an absolute legal prerequisite in determining the actual aggregated wealth of the respondent.
03:26Sa hiling naman, ang prosekusyo na ipasapina ang bank accounts ng 21 kumpanya,
03:31labing siyam sa mga ito ang pinayagan ng impeachment court, dalawa ang hindi kasama.
03:36Their general information sheets do not identify the respondent or her spouse as shareholders,
03:41and the prosecution at this time failed to show either a direct business interest
03:45or a clear and convincing basis to disregard their separate juridical personalities.
03:51Pinayagan din ang korte na isapina ang mga record na umunipaglabas-masok ng pera
03:55sa bank accounts na Vice President Duterte mula sa Anti-Money Laundering Council o AMLC.
04:00Gayon din ang record ng Bureau of Internal Revenue o BIR
04:04ng mga income tax return ng BISE at kanya umunong mga negosyo.
04:07Katulad sa impeachment trial ni nooy Chief Justice Renato Corona,
04:12kakailanganin ang BIR Commissioner na humingi ng permiso mula sa Pangulo
04:15na buksan ang tax records ng BISE at kanyang asawa.
04:19Ang mga pinapasapinang dokumento ay ilan lamang sa mga ebidensya ng prosekusyon
04:23kaugnay na umari hindi makipaliwanag na yaman ng BISE.
04:27Lampas daw ito sa kanyang legal na kita mula na maging mayor hanggang BISE presidente
04:31na hindi niya raw idineklara ng buo sa kanyang salin o Statement of Assess Liabilities and Net Worth.
04:37Ayon sa korte, paunang proseso pa lamang ang paglalabas ng subpina.
04:41Hindi otomatikong magiging ebidensya na ito na huhusgahan ng Senate Impeachment Court.
04:47May pagkakataon pa ang depensa na magmosyon sila sa korte
04:50na i-exclude ng mga ebidensyang ito oras na dumating sa Article 2 ang prosekusyon.
04:55Ayon kay Atty. Michael Powa, tagpagsalitan ng depensa at sumalang sa oral arguments
05:00kaugnay sa subpina, hindi niya nakikita makakapekto ang desisyon ng Impeachment Court
05:04sa defense team ni Vice President Tuterte.
05:07Naganda naman daw sila na posibleng mangyari ito dahil na rin sa impeachment trial noon
05:11ni Dating Chief Justice Corona.
05:13Hindi para utiya kung maaari silang mag-motion for reconsideration
05:17dahil wala ito sa mga panuntunan ng Impeachment Court.
05:20Mayroong legal remedies na pwedeng gawin tulad ng pag-ahain ng mosyon sa Korte Suprema
05:24pero hindi paaniya ito na pag-uusapan ng defense panel
05:28at kailangan din itong isang guni sa vice.
05:31This is always a possibility of going up but we have not made that decision yet.
05:35This is something that we have to discuss as a team
05:39and also of course in consultation with our client, the respondent, Vice President.
05:46Ang prosecution, masaya sa tagumpay na hiningi nilang sa PINA
05:50a nila malalaman na kung magkano ang yaman ng vice.
05:53Okay lamang daw na hindi pinayagan ang pagbubukas ng foreign currency deposits ng vice
05:57dahil mas mahalaga naman daw ang kanyang peso transactions.
06:01Tiwala rin silang bibigyan ang permiso ng Pangulo ang BIR
06:04para mabuksan ang tax records ng vice.
06:06We certainly would hope that he would give the authority.
06:09Wala kami nakikitang dahilan para hindi ibigay ng Pangulo
06:13yung authority or your consent niya.
06:15I don't think the prosecution would be further taking issue on the matter.
06:21It's enough na grinat na nga yung sub-PINA
06:24with respect to the peso-denominated accounts
06:28kasi very substantial naman yung peso-denominated transactions
06:34or peso-denominated accounts.
06:38Pina rin kailangan yung tungkol sa foreign currency.
06:41Ang article 2 kung saan nakaugnayan pinag-usapang sub-PINA
06:44ay panghuli sa ipipresent ng articles of impeachment ng prosekusyon.
06:48Joseph Morong nagbabalita para sa GMA News.
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