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Senator-judge Alan Peter Cayetano questioned the presentation of a summary prepared by SEC witness Atty. Gerardo Del Rosario during the 27th day of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Monday, Sept. 21.

Cayetano said inaccurate labels or potentially misleading information in the documents could prejudice the defense and the Vice President, stressing that “what is essential in this trial is fairness" (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00What is the pleasure of Senator Judge Alan Cayetano?
00:04Morning, Mr. President,
00:06Mr. President,
00:07dear colleagues.
00:08Mr. President,
00:09just taking note of the Defense Council's manifestation,
00:12what is essential in this trial is fairness.
00:16So if we're going to spend the whole morning afternoon
00:19looking at these documents,
00:21tapos mali yung label,
00:23it will prejudice, of course,
00:25the defense and the
00:28Vice President, di ba?
00:30So if it is a summary of
00:33X or Y,
00:35dapat yung label,
00:36it's a summary of X and Y.
00:38If it's a summary of A and B,
00:41summary of A and B,
00:42and this isn't a PDF or a
00:46printed document,
00:48pwede naman nila i-edit eh.
00:50So ang point ko lang, Mr. President,
00:52if it's just one page and just
00:55one mistake,
00:57then we can say,
00:58let's allow it with that note.
00:59But if throughout this trial
01:01or throughout this afternoon,
01:03may mali yung label
01:05or it's misleading,
01:06what's worse than a misleading question?
01:09It's a misleading document
01:11that will be flashed
01:12in all the teleradios
01:14and all the TV
01:15and during this time.
01:17So it's very important
01:18that kung ano ang ating magiging
01:20desisyon as an impeachment court,
01:22yun din ang desisyon ng taong bayan.
01:25At magiging iba desisyon nila
01:26kasi tayo,
01:27nakatutok tayo dito.
01:28At alam natin yung ruling ng court na,
01:31oh, nakalagay dyan,
01:32Sara Duterte,
01:33pero sa kumpanya yan,
01:35eto lang yung kay Sara Duterte.
01:36So, Mr. President,
01:38maybe,
01:39you know,
01:39if it's just one page
01:41and yan ang pleasure ng court,
01:43pero if all the documents
01:44are like that,
01:45then they should change it,
01:46Mr. President,
01:47in the spirit of fairness.
01:50I think what should be changed only
01:52is the title.
01:56Because these are facts
01:58about the corporation.
02:00What may be misleading,
02:01Attorney Irwin,
02:02is the title,
02:03Summary of Vice President
02:05Sara Duterte's Shareholdings.
02:07Let's say in this page.
02:08Sir, presiding officer,
02:09I agree with you,
02:10and that's what I meant
02:11that simple lang yan.
02:13Either tanggalin mo na lang
02:14yung nakalagay sa ibabaw,
02:15then just be conscious
02:17and careful in the future.
02:19Or if you want to emphasize
02:20something that is the VP,
02:22then have a separate page
02:23and say it that way.
02:25Pero isang perusal pa lang namin
02:27pag tinignan ko yan.
02:28Yan yung title.
02:29Akala ko lahat ng numbers na yan
02:31kay Vice President.
02:32So, I agree with the presiding officer
02:34that, you know,
02:35a simple change
02:36or simple sensitivity
02:38could spell the difference
02:40in appreciating this evidence.
02:42Do all of these pages,
02:43Attorney Irwin,
02:44contain that title?
02:48It appears so,
02:49Your Honor.
02:50Is it easy to exclude that
02:53in your screen?
02:58I believe the tech booth operator
03:00will be able to do that,
03:02Your Honor.
03:02What you want is to
03:06redact the...
03:07To clarify,
03:08for the record,
03:09for the information
03:09of Senator Judges
03:10as well as the viewing public,
03:13Yung pamagat po
03:14ng mga dokumentong ito,
03:17ang pamagat ay ito
03:19ang shareholding
03:19o pagmamayari
03:20ng Vice Presidente.
03:21Pero yung mga dokumento
03:22naman po nilalaman sa ilalim,
03:24ang nakapaloob sa ilalim,
03:25ay hindi lamang naman po
03:27pag-aari niya
03:27kundi pag-aari ng korporasyon.
03:29May ibang mga dokumento,
03:30may ibang pahina,
03:32na pag-aari po,
03:33nakabilang po
03:33ang pag-aari ng Vice President,
03:35pero hindi po
03:35sa lahat ng dokumento.
03:37So,
03:37can the tech booth adjust that
03:39and remove the title?
03:40Well,
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