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"ANG ABOGADONG WALANG ALAM"

This was the remark that private prosecutor Benjamin Tolosa Jr. said of witness Defense spokesperson Michael Poa, as he went on to qualify the latter as a hostile witness, during the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 2.

Poa once served as Duterte's chief-of-staff and spokesperson at the Department of Education (DepEd). The House prosecution will question him over the alleged misuse of DepEd's P112.5 million confidential funds during Duterte's tenure as secretary. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00We are offering the testimony of Attorney Michael Wesley Tipoa to qualify him as a hostile witness and to prove
00:07the following.
00:07Number one, he is one of the Vice President's most trusted men.
00:13Spokesperson, Chief of Staff, OIC ng Finance at Head of the Procuring Entity ng DepEd.
00:21Naging spokesperson ng OVP at ngayon, Defense Counsel at Legal Spokesperson sa mismong impeachment na ito.
00:30Number two, he answered for P112.5 million he knew absolutely nothing about.
00:38Sabi niya mismo, sa ilalim ng panunumpa, bago dumating ang mga AOM, wala siyang kaalaman o partisipasyon sa paggamit ng
00:48P125.5 million confidential funds ng Department of Education.
00:55P112.5 million.
00:58Ang tanging nakakaalam, ang Vice Presidente at si SDO Fard.
01:04Number three, the Vice President chose him, the man who knew nothing to answer the auditors.
01:13Sa kabila noon, siya ang inatasan ng Vice Presidenteng sumagot sa COA.
01:18Hindi ang SDO, hindi ang nag-disburse ng pera, hindi ang tumanggap ng pera, ang abogadong walang alam.
01:27Number four, his sources knew nothing either.
01:32Nilapitan niya si Fajarda, itunuro siya kay Usec Mempin.
01:37Hinamin naman ni Mempin na wala siyang alam.
01:40Ang tanging nakalap, mga certifications mula sa AFP.
01:45Wala sa mga opisyal na walang alam sa mga umano'y impormante sa rewards o sa pondo ng DepEd.
01:52Number five, he gave COA mere theories and presumptions dressed as facts.
01:59Aminado siyang hindi niya alam kung paano ginastos ang pera.
02:03Sariling teorya at presumption lamang ang basihan niya.
02:07Nanggamitin ang mga AFP certification para patunayan ang payment of rewards.
02:11Number six, the certifications prove none of what the Joint Circular requires.
02:19Walang impormante, walang impormasyong binili, walang reward na ibinayad, walang matagumpay na operasyon, walang apat na hinihingi ng Joint Circular.
02:29Reward, informer, information, successful operation.
02:34Number seven, he admitted it himself.
02:37There's no connection at all.
02:40Matapos marinig ang mga opisyal ng AFP, inamin mismo ni Atty.
02:44PUA na walang anumang koneksyon ang kanilang mga aktibidad sa mga gastuseng ipinagtatanggol niya.
02:51At maling ginamit at isinumiti ang mga certification sa COA.
02:56Number eight, the cash trail led to a name he never once mentioned, Nolasco.
03:01Sa utos ng vicepresidente, ibinigay ni SDO Fajarda ang pera kay Colonel Dennis Nolasco.
03:09Ngunit sa lahat ng paliwanag ni Atty. Poa sa COA at sa Kongreso.
03:15Niminsan, hindi lumitaw ang pangalan ni Lolasco.
03:19Number eight, nine, he tried to soften the audit itself.
03:24Kasama ni Atty. Zolaica Lopez, chief of staff ng OVP.
03:29Hiniling niya sa COA Iqfaw na huwag AOM ang ipadala.
03:36Audit query na lamang.
03:38Number ten, different hands cared out the steps.
03:41One principle directed them all.
03:43Ang vicepresidente ang nagtalaga sa lahat ng opisyal na sangkot.
03:48Ang nagutos kay Atty. Poa na sumagot sa mga AOM at ang mga nagutos na ibigay ang pera kay Nolasco.
03:55Iba-iba ang gumanap, iisa ang nagutos.
03:59Number eleven, the credit notice cured nothing.
04:04Nakalagay ito sa mga certification na walang pinatutunayan.
04:07Ang ebidensyang tahasang hinihingi ng Joint Circular 2015-01, hindi kailanman na ipakita.
04:15Kaya't nananatiling hindi maayos na liquidate ang more than 15 million pesos.
04:20Number twelve, in the end, nothing was proven and no one could say where the money went.
04:26But every road leads to the vice president.
04:29Sa dulo ng lahat, mga certification na walang pinatutunayan, mga teoryong walang batayan,
04:35mga pangalang itinago.
04:37Walang napatunayan at walang nakapagpaliwanag kung saan napunta ang more than 112.5 million.
04:45Ang tiyak lamang ay ito.
04:47Ang humingi ng pondo, ang nagtalaga ng bawat humawak nito,
04:51ang nagutos na ibigay ang pera nito kay Nolasco.
04:55At ayon mismo kay Atty. Poa.
04:58Isa sa dalawang tao lamang may alam sa paggamit nito, iisang tao lamang.
05:03Wala nang iba kung hindi ang vice presidente.
05:05Finally, number thirteen, such other matters as may be relevant to the instant case, Your Honor.
05:10Orang ng serve.

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