00:02Sa ilalim ng saligang batas, kailangan ang boto ng two-thirds ng lahat ng membro ng Senado o labing-anim
00:09na senador para makonvict sa impeachment trial.
00:12Pero sa paglilitis kay Vice President Sara Duterte, may mga senador na hindi nakakalahok dahil sa kinakaharap na kaso o
00:20kaya hindi natatago.
00:21Tanong na impeachment court, sa apat na inimbitahang Amici Qurey o friends of the court, pabobotohin pa rin ba ang
00:29mga hindi nakakadalo sa paglilitis?
00:32Tatlo sa kanila, nagsabing ang bilang na labing-anim hindi nakataga sa bato.
00:38As the elected representatives of the Filipino people, your honor's mandate, in my humble opinion, demands a commonsensical, commonsensical, I
00:52repeat, commonsensical interpretation of the Constitution.
00:57Indeed, meaningful adjudication requires active participation in the search for truth and fairness.
01:07I respectfully submit that only in this manner can your honors ensure a verdict that is fair to the parties,
01:16fair to your honors peers, and ultimately fair to our sovereign people.
01:23It is inappropriate to give Article 11, Section 36 a standalone, literal reading.
01:40If we give this kind of reading to Article 11, Section 36, the threshold of 16 senators to convict will
01:55be fixed and immutable.
02:00However, if that is the intent, Article 11, Section 36 should have simply stated that the number of votes to
02:16convict is 16, period.
02:20By using two-thirds, the number of votes to convict will have to move depending on certain factors.
02:32Hindi nakadalo si Retard Chief Justice Hilario Davide nakasama sa mga bumalangkas ng 1987 Constitution.
02:41Binasan na lang ang isinuminti niyang posisyon sa issue.
02:44Clearly then, the basis of computing, the two-thirds must be the number of senators who are qualified to vote,
02:51not the 24 in the present Senate.
02:54Although disqualified by reason of causes earlier mentioned, should not be included.
02:59Ang isa ring framer ng konstitusyon na si Retard Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuda, hindi isang ayon sa opinion ng tatlo.
03:07Sa dyaraw, pinahirap ang requirements para hindi basta-basta napapatalsik ang isang opisyal na halal ng taong bayan.
03:14As long as they are members of the Senate, they constitute the denominator and computing the threshold of two-thirds
03:25because all means all.
03:28The only exception is if he dies, if he is removed from office, or if he resigns no more.
03:38Eh, pwede bang bumoto ang Senator Judge na hindi naman nakadalo at nakalahok sa trial?
03:44Sagote Retard Chief Justice Reynato Puno, bagamat pinakamainam na nakita ng isang hukom ang testimonya ng isang witness,
03:52pwede rin naman daw siyang mag-desisyon, batay sa mga dokumento.
03:56This approach will enable the Senators to consider whether Senators who are legally incapacitated,
04:11like Senators charged with plunders, like Senators under preventive suspension.
04:20Pero tingin dito na Retard Chief Justice Artemia Panganiban,
04:24Your Honors, may I say that you are tasked with a constitutional duty that cannot always be reduced to abstract
04:36arithmetic.
04:38Neither can such duty be performed in the shadows of absence, nor from legal impediments.
04:48Sabi naman ni Ascuna, internal matter ito para sa impeachment court.
04:53Pero sa tingin niya, pwedeng payagan ng judge na nakapanumpa.
04:57In case of doubt, I would allow such a person to vote, because this tribunal is a tribunal of record.
05:08The proceedings are recorded.
05:11Someone who fails or is absent in some of the trials can easily check what the witnesses testified to based
05:22on the transcript.
05:24Moreover, most of the evidence here is documentary.
05:29So someone who has not appeared in some of the hearings can check on the documents involved.
05:38Para naman kay Davide, ang Senador na hindi nakadalo sa kahit isang sesyon ng impeachment court,
05:44ay dapat ituring na tulad noong mga nasa labas ng jurisdiction ng Pilipinas.
05:50The undersigned leaves this matter to the conscience and sense of duty to those involved.
05:57Tanong ng Depensa sa pamamagitan ni Presiding Officer Jesus Codero,
06:01kung babaguhin ang botong itinakdalan sa Ligang Batas, paano matitiyak na hindi ito maaabuso?
06:07Ano po ang garantiya na hindi ito gagamitin para siguruhin ng isang pangulo o opisyal at kanyang mga kaalyado ay
06:16mananatili sa kapagyarihan
06:18at supili ng kanilang mga kalaban sa politika?
06:21Kaya nga po, yan po ang panganib na abusuhin ng isang pangulo.
06:29The power of who can attend, who can prevent the fellow members from attending the proceedings.
06:40Sabi naman ni Sen. Judge Pia Cayetano, may dahilan kaya wala sa impeachment trial ang mga kasama nila.
06:47We have two senators in jail. Another senator is in hiding because he was threatened na maglalabas ng ICC warrant.
06:54And then a fourth senator is on medical leave, but she also was told na mafafilan siya ng plunder cases.
07:02So, I will tell you all now, am I pressured? I am. I am.
07:14I fear for my liberty.
07:17Paalala naman ni Pulo, kailangan matiyak na nagkaroon ng patas na paglilitis para hindi mareklamo ang Senate Impeachment Court ng
07:26grave abuse of discretion.
07:28Marereview lang po yan kapag kayong naging kapasyahan ng Senate Impeachment Court ay lalabag halimbawa doon sa karapatan ng isang
07:45respondent.
07:46For example, karapatan to have judges who are fair and impartial.
07:54And the Supreme Court has definite standards to follow to decide cases involving violations of due process.
08:03Ano man ang magiging desisyon ng Senate Impeachment Court, panawagan ni panganiban sa mga senator judge.
08:10What do our people expect from you?
08:13It's not legalism.
08:15It's not judicial conduct.
08:18It is justice for our people.
08:23Yan po, yan po hinihingin ng taong bayan sa inyo.
08:28Kedalawang po kayo, kedalawang po't apat kayo, kedalawa lang kayo.
08:32Ang hinahanap po ng ating bayan ay justisya mula sa Senado.
08:40Sandra Aguinaldo, GME News.
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