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"WE HAVE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL LANG TALAGA WITH ANSWERING..."

Defense spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa said during a post-trial press briefing on Wednesday, Aug. 12, that the defense panel of Vice President Sara Duterte is exercising greater caution when dealing with the media as the Senate impeachment trial progresses, carefully navigating the restrictions under Rule 18 of Senate Resolution No. 39, which governs the impeachment proceedings. (Video courtesy of OVP)

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00:00The suggestion of our presiding officer around two weeks ago, I already spoke to our client, the vice president, about
00:12it.
00:13And I think I'm free to disclose that she would prefer that I stay on as counsel.
00:21So, if ever man, we would just have to get a spokesperson that is outside of the legal team.
00:29Although, I have to be honest with you, sa ngayon, wala pa kaming nakukuha or nakinakausap man lang.
00:37Wala pa po talaga, kasi naging mabilis din yung takbo ng mga nakarang araw.
00:42So, this is something we'll have to explore further.
00:45But in the meantime, I'll have to stay on as a spokesperson with, of course, Attorney Gular also helping me
00:53to do the rounds.
00:54But I think we have to be extra careful lang talaga with answering.
01:00Napakahirap po talaga.
01:01I was just in an interview this morning also on one of the radio shows, and it was very difficult
01:07for me to answer questions.
01:09Kasi, I'd like as much as possible, I'd like to give you something to report on, but I'm tied with
01:15Rule 18 of Resolution 39, which is the Rules on Impeachment sa Senate.
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