00:00The prosecution in Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial seeks to establish she did not
00:05declare the value of her new business stocks despite being listed in her statements of assets,
00:10liabilities, and net worth, or SALEN, through the years. Ombudsman records officer Karen Batu says
00:16Duterte did not provide the acquisition costs of her businesses starting in 2007 when she entered
00:22public office as vice mayor of Davao City, as per Duterte's SALEN. The impeachment court obtained
00:27financial records of at least 20 businesses tied to the Vice President in the past two decades.
00:33Private Prosecutor James Bryan Ibrahim Ali refers to Section 8 of Republic Act 67-13 which states that
00:39a public official SALEN must include every personal property and their acquisition cost, as well as
00:44other assets such as stocks. But presiding officer Cheese Escudero points out the SALEN form does not
00:50have a specific section to specify business acquisition costs.
00:53So why does this pro forma form not include a line or column for acquisition costs for
01:03businesses if that is the requirement of the law?
01:06Kasi po yung stocks is considered as personal property, so dapat po nandun sa personal property portion.
01:11Meantime, Batu testifies Duterte did not submit her SALEN covering 2013. Duterte ended
01:17her term as Davao City Mayor mid-2013 and was required to submit an exit SALEN.
01:23Permanent of the day after all, the
01:24location of the union board was required to appear to be required and are required to be required to go
01:25to the
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