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VP SARA TRIAL SHIFTS TO UNEXPLAINED WEALTH AS EX-SANDIGANBAYAN JUSTICE TAKES STAND

#VPSaraOnTrial Day 24 RECAP: The Senate impeachment court began tackling Article II of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment case, which focuses on allegations of unexplained wealth, false SALNs, and continued business interests.

Former Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang took the witness stand as the prosecution’s first witness for Article II and was allowed to testify as an expert witness despite the defense’s objection. She discussed public accountability, the constitutional restriction barring the president and vice president from participating in businesses, and how unexplained wealth may be grounds for removal from office.

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00:00You, Amparo Kabutahe Tang, do swear that the evidence you shall give in the case now pending between the Philippines
00:07and Vice President Cyrus Zimmerman Duterte shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
00:13So help me God.
00:14I do.
00:15The presentation of retired Justice Amparo Kabutahe Tang is improper.
00:21For all intents and purposes, Justice Tang is a surprise witness which violates fair play and is prohibited under the
00:29rules.
00:30It's very clear that the justice is served at the address of the Office of Akbayan Partilist Representative Jose Manuel
00:45Chel Diocno, Room 502, South Wing, in La Batasan.
00:49Is this a disinterested party indeed?
00:52The reason why the subpoena was directed through this representation was for the protection of the Honorable Justice.
01:02Alam po natin ngayon na pag nalalaman ng mga personal sensitive information under the data privacy law,
01:10ay maaari pong gamitin yun na katanggap siya ng kung ano-anong bashing sa internet at kung ano-ano pa.
01:17At mahirap pong paniwalaan kasi wala naman natitira sa kongreso at wala naman tayong alam na threat kung legal opinion
01:25lang naman ang idudulog.
01:27Are you anti-Duterte?
01:29No, I'm not.
01:29Alright, okay.
01:30Do you like VP Sarah?
01:32I do not know her personally.
01:34I don't know her personally.
01:35Kakamping po ba kayo bang?
01:37Po?
01:37Kakamping po kayo.
01:39Anong ibig sabihin nun?
01:41Yung affiliated with Pink.
01:45No, I've never been political in my life.
01:48I've always been apolitical.
01:50Pero friends po kayo ni Representative Jokno.
01:53No, we were adversaries actually in the Amparo cases before the Court of Appeals.
01:58You can withdraw your testimony.
02:00Would you want to do that?
02:01No, sir.
02:02I'm already here.
02:02You're already here.
02:03Sayang naman, ma'am.
02:04Yes.
02:05What are the rules, Justice, insofar as a President and Vice President are concerned as compared to the ordinary government
02:14employee?
02:15There are stricter prohibitions on the President and Vice President and even actually the Cabinet Secretaries, their Undersecretaries and Assistants.
02:27Were you promised anything in return in exchange for your testimony to the diplomat?
02:32No, sir.
02:33And I will never testify if ever I was offered anything material or otherwise.
02:40My testimony is not for sale, sir.
02:43Okay.
02:43I'm just responding, Your Honor, to the statement of the Defense Council.
02:47Ay, ako po makipag-away.
02:49Ako rin po.
02:50Not your character, Honorable Chell.
02:52Anyway.
02:53Ako rin po, Your Honor.
03:02Ako rin po.
03:06You
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