00:00Day 26 ng impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:03Nagbigay ng opinion ng apat na dating hukom ng Korte Suprema tungkol sa voting threshold para i-convict ang bise.
00:10Tatlo sa kanila, nagsabing hindi napapako sa 16 ang voting threshold.
00:15May report si Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:20Tanong na impeachment court, sa apat na inimbitahang Amici Qurei o Friends of the Court,
00:26pabobotohin pa rin ba ang mga hindi nakakadalo sa paglilitis?
00:30Tatlo sa kanila, nagsabing ang bilang na labing-anim hindi nakataga sa bato.
00:36Your honor's mandate, in my humble opinion, demands a commonsensical interpretation of the Constitution.
00:46Indeed, meaningful adjudication requires active participation.
00:51I respectfully submit that only in this manner can your honors ensure a verdict that is fair to the parties.
01:00Fair to your honor's peers and ultimately fair to our sovereign people.
01:07It is inappropriate to give Article 11, Section 36 a standalone, literal reading.
01:20If we give this kind of reading to Article 11, Section 36,
01:27the threshold of 16 senators to convict will be fixed and immutable.
01:36By using two-thirds, the number of votes to convict will have to move depending on certain factors.
01:48Hindi nakadalo si retired Chief Justice Hilario Davide nakasama sa mga bubalangkas ng 1987 Constitution.
01:56Binasa na lang ang isinumintid niyang posisyon sa issue.
02:00Clearly then, the basis of computing, the two-thirds must be the number of senators who are qualified to vote,
02:07not the 24 in the present Senate.
02:10All those disqualified by reason of causes earlier mentioned should not be included.
02:15Ang isa ring framer ng konstitusyon na si retired Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuda,
02:20hindi isang ayon sa opinion ng tatlo.
02:23Sa dyaro, pinahira pa requirements para hindi basta-basta napapatalsik ang isang opisyal na halal ng taong bayan.
02:30As long as they are members of the Senate, they constitute the denominator and computing the threshold of two-thirds
02:40because all means all.
02:44The only exception is if he dies, if he is removed from office, or if he resigns no more.
02:54E pwede bang bumoto ang Senator Judge na hindi naman nakadalo at nakalahok sa trial?
02:59Sagot ni Retard Chief Justice Reynato Puno, pwede rin naman daw siyang mag-desisyon batay sa mga dokumento.
03:07Pero tingin dito ni Retard Chief Justice Artemia Panganiban,
03:11Your Honours, may I say that you are tasked with a constitutional duty that cannot always be reduced to abstract
03:21arithmetic.
03:22Neither can such duty be performed in the shadows of absence, nor from legal impediments.
03:30Sabi naman ni Ascuna, internal matter ito para sa impeachment court.
03:35Pero sa tingin niya, pwedeng payagan ang judge na nakapanumpa.
03:50Ano po ang garantiya na hindi ito gagamitin para siguruhin na ang isang pangulo o opisyal at kanyang mga kaalyado
03:59ay mananatili sa kapangyarihan at supili ng kanilang mga kalaban sa politika?
04:03Kaya nga po, yan po ang panganib na abusuhin ng isang pangulo.
04:11The power of who can attend, who can prevent fellow members from attending the proceedings.
04:22Ang sabi naman ni Sen. Judge Pia Cayetano, may dahilan kaya wala sa impeachment trial ang mga kasama nila.
04:30We have two senators in jail. Another senator is in hiding because he was threatened na maglalabas ng ICC warrant.
04:37And then a fourth senator is on medical leave but she also was told na mafafilan siya ng plunder cases.
04:45So, I will tell you all now, am I pressured? I am. I am. I fear for my liberty.
04:55Paalala naman ni Puno, kailangan matiyak na nagkaroon ng patas na paglilitis para hindi mareklamo ang Senate Impeachment Court ng
05:04grave abuse of discretion.
05:05Mare-review lang po yan, kapag kayong naging kapasyahan ng Senate Impeachment Court ay lalabag halimbawa doon sa karapatan ng
05:22isang respondent.
05:24Example, karapatan to have judges who are fair and impartial.
05:31Ano man ang magiging desisyon ng Senate Impeachment Court, panawagan ni Panganiban sa mga Senator Judge.
05:38What do our people expect from you? It's not legalism. It's not judicial conduct. It is justice for our people.
05:51Yan po hinihingin ng taong bayan sa inyo.
05:55Kedalawang po kayo. Kedalawang po't apat kayo. Kedalawang lang kayo.
06:01Ang hinahanap po ng ating bayan ay justisya.
06:06Bula sa Senado.
06:08Sandra Aguinaldo, GMA News.
06:11Kedalawang po kayo.
06:12Kedalawang po kayo.
06:14Kedalawang po kayo.
06:15Kedalawang po kayo.
06:16Kedalawang po kayo.
06:16Kedalawang po kayo.
06:16Kedalawang po kayo.
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