00:00My next question is, your wife is also a member of the House of Representatives.
00:04That is correct.
00:05And she is Representative Maria.
00:08Your Honor, with all due respect.
00:09This is cross, Your Honor.
00:12Allow the counsel to finish the question and then you may make your objection afterwards.
00:16Finish your question, counsel for the respondent.
00:18She is Representative Maria Rene Ann Lourdes G. Matiba.
00:22Before the witness answers, what is the objection of the lead prosecutor?
00:27The questions, Your Honor, of the defense, with regards to the wife of the witness, is totally irrelevant.
00:35And that should not be allowed.
00:37Your Honor, these are credibility testing questions, which is always relevant.
00:41The objection is overruled.
00:42It tests the freedom from bias, if any, of the witness regarding his testimony.
00:48And the sheriff will allow it.
00:49Witness may answer.
00:50Your Honor, may I just enter a continuing objection on the line of questions pertaining to the wife of the
00:58witness, Your Honor.
00:58So noted.
00:59Witness may answer.
01:01Opo.
01:02Alright.
01:02Now, let me direct your attention to House Resolution No. 989.
01:09This is also part of the records of this case, entitled Setting Forth the Articles of Impeachment Against Vice President
01:17Sarah Z. Duterte.
01:20Permission to use a pointer, Your Honor.
01:22Now, it appears that from this document, that your wife is one of the endorsers of this House Resolution.
01:34Can you confirm that?
01:35Yes.
01:36The name is her.
01:37It's there.
01:37Okay.
01:38Now, there's a signature page also.
01:41The pages, this document is not numbered, but it appears that it's around page 19.
01:48Can you confirm if this is your wife's signature?
01:52I think I have no authority to confirm the signature, even if she is my wife.
01:56So you can confirm the signature of your NBI agent, but not your wife?
02:00It's appeared to be her signature, but I have not confronted with the document so that I can compare it.
02:07At any rate, Your Honor, may we allow?
02:09With the NBI, it's different.
02:11I testified earlier that it was presented to me, and I asked him if he signed it, and I'm familiar
02:17to his signature because he's always making submission to my office.
02:22Okay.
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