00:00Sa gitna ng impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte,
00:03inilabas ng kampo ng depensa
00:05ang kopya ng 2025 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth
00:09o SAL-EN ni Pangulong Bombong Marcos.
00:12Sabi naman na isang dating DIR Commissioner
00:14hindi otomatikong may tuturing na unexplained wealth
00:18kung mayroong hindi naideklara sa SAL-EN.
00:20Ating saksihan.
00:25Isa sa mga tinanong sa pagharap ni retired Sandigan by
00:28and presiding justice, Amparo Kabotahe Tang sa impeachment trial kanina,
00:32masasabi na bang may unexplained wealth ang isang opisyal
00:35kung may omisyon o hindi naideklara sa kanyang Statement of Assets,
00:40Liabilities and Net Worth o SAL-EN.
00:42According to the Supreme Court,
00:44dapat titignan mo kung yung omisyon na yan is an honest omisyon
00:49or it was an honest mistake
00:52vis-a-vis or compared to an intentional concealment.
00:56Pero that will already depend on the attending facts.
01:00Pero ibang usapan kung paulit-ulit itong nangyayari.
01:03Kailan po masasabi na intentional concealment versus omisyon?
01:08May mga kaso na de-inside ang Supreme Court
01:10na kung repeated yung omisyon
01:15that can already demonstrate intentional concealment
01:19kaya pwedeng maging ground,
01:22pwedeng, it can constitute dishonesty.
01:26Tinanong ko rin tungkol dito si dating Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner,
01:29Attorney Kim Jacinto Henares.
01:31Does omisyon necessarily mean that there was malis
01:36on the part of the person who filed their SAL-EN?
01:38And is it enough to say na kapag may omisyon,
01:42ay, unexplained na yan.
01:42Dapat may isang committee na nire-review yung SAL-EN seed na admit mo.
01:48So, pag review niya, may nakita siyang deferensya.
01:51Kailangan bibigay niya sa person to prepare the SAL-EN
01:57and ask the person to explain or correct within 30 days.
02:02Tapos yung Supreme Court rin,
02:03may desisyon na pwedeng i-correct ang SAL-EN natin.
02:06So, hindi na automatic, dati, automatic yan.
02:11Ngayon, dahil dito sa bagong requirement
02:15at yung Supreme Court decision,
02:16hindi ibig sabihin kung may omisyon,
02:19unexplained wealth na yan.
02:20Kailangan ipa-explain mo,
02:22at i-determine mo kung fraudulent ba yung purpose.
02:26Si Tang ang unang testigo ng prosekusyon
02:28para sa Article 2 ng Articles of Impeachment.
02:31Bukod sa di maipaliwanag na yaman
02:33at hindi buong pagdedeklara sa kanyang SAL-EN,
02:36kasama rin sa Article 2,
02:38ang kabiguan umanong mag-divest
02:39ni Vice President Sara Duterte
02:41sa kanyang business interests
02:42mula 2022 hanggang 2025
02:45kung kailan nakaupo na siyang vice-presidente.
02:48Sa Constitution, may specific provision
02:51covering the President, Vice President,
02:54the Cabinet Secretary,
02:56the Undersecretary, and the Assistant Secretary.
02:59Yun yung sinasabi na
03:01you cannot practice in profession,
03:03participate in business directly
03:05or indirectly,
03:06tapos yung mga kontrata na
03:08involve ang gobyerno,
03:10so yun yun, sila may specific provision.
03:14Kasama rin sa kailangan
03:15i-deklara sa SAL-EN
03:16ang shares of stocks.
03:18Nagkakaroon ng gray area
03:19pag yung shares mo is malaki
03:22kasi in effect,
03:23baka ikaw yung nagmamanage
03:25yung negosyo na yan,
03:26di ba?
03:27So, yun yun.
03:29Pero generally,
03:30just investing in shares of stocks
03:32is not...
03:33In itself.
03:34Yeah.
03:35Hindi siya in itself,
03:36ipinagbabawal.
03:37Yeah.
03:37So,
03:38kung yan may shares of stocks,
03:40pupunta ka ngayon
03:41kung may conflict of interest
03:43kasi re-reconcile mo yung
03:45provision ng Constitution
03:46at yung batas.
03:48So,
03:49kung sa presidente,
03:50kasi siya may hawak
03:51ng lahat na gobyerno,
03:54naturally,
03:55hindi siya pwedeng
03:56invested in any company
03:57kasi lahat may conflict of interest
03:59yan.
04:00Sa pagdinig kanina,
04:01iginit ni Tang
04:02na ipinagbabawal ng konstitusyon
04:03para sa presidente
04:04at vice-presidente
04:05na magkaroon ng mga negosyo
04:07yung maaring may conflict of interest
04:09sa kanilang posisyon.
04:10Pero naglabas ang depensa
04:12ng SAL-IN
04:12ni Pangulong Bongo Marcos
04:14noong 2025
04:15na may nakalagay umanong
04:16mga business interest.
04:17As of December 31, 2025,
04:20mayroon po mga nakalista
04:22if we can zoom in.
04:23Pero if I could just describe,
04:25may nakalista mga financial interest
04:27po sa mga business
04:29financial and business interest
04:31sa mga kumpanya.
04:32So are you saying
04:33that this falls under
04:35what you mentioned
04:37about absolute prohibition
04:38in business and financial interest?
04:40Pardon me, sir,
04:41but I wish not to answer that question.
04:44Okay lang po, ma'am.
04:45We will respect that.
04:50Alright.
04:51Do you have personal knowledge
04:53as to the status
04:55of business interest
04:57of the vice-president?
04:58None, sir.
05:00Sinisikap namin makuha
05:02ang panig ng palasyo
05:03tungkol sa paglalabas
05:04ng defense team
05:04ng SAL-IN ng Pangulo.
05:06Ayon sa depensa,
05:07hindi nila layong
05:08mamulitika
05:09sa paglalabas
05:10ng SAL-IN
05:10ni Pangulo Marcos.
05:12It wasn't saying
05:13na mali yung ating Pangulo
05:15or mali yung ating vice-president
05:17because we're not
05:18at that stage yet.
05:19But the witness testified
05:21that upon assumption to office,
05:23dapat i-divest na.
05:24So regardless of when
05:26the investment was acquired,
05:28the tenor of the testimony
05:30was that dapat may divestment after.
05:33So the defense was just testing
05:34that theory with the witness.
05:36a-
05:39A-
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