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Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero sought clarification from SEC Company Registration and Monitoring Department Director Gerardo Del Rosario on whether Vice President Sara Duterte’s board membership in a company constitutes a prohibited business interest.

Del Rosario said the Constitution prohibits the President, Vice President, Cabinet members, and their deputies from engaging in another profession or having business interests to avoid conflicts of interest.

Escudero, however, pointed out that the Constitution does not specifically use the term “business interests” in its provisions covering top government officials. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00So sir, abogado po kayo, no?
00:04Lumalabas po dito na member po ng Board of Directors si VP Sara mula 2022 hanggang 2025.
00:12Kailan po na-elect na Vice President si Respondent Sara Duterte?
00:18Sumupap po siya bilang Vice President ng June 2, June 30.
00:23Pwede ka dito.
00:24Okay.
00:24And bilang abogado, pwede po ba ng isang Vice Presidente kapag nalumpa na siya ay maaari po ba siyang maging
00:33member of the Board of Directors ng Kumpanya?
00:37Objection, Your Honor. Calls for an opinion from a witness that is clearly incompetent, Your Honor.
00:42If the prosecution was if so-minded, they should have been asked for the civil service.
00:46Actually, I'll allow it, counsel, because I'm also interested to find out if they flagged it or not.
00:52Because if it's indeed illegal, they should have flagged it.
00:56If that's the opinion of the SEC.
01:01You may answer, Attorney Del Rosario.
01:03Mayroon po tayong provision sa ating konstitusyon na nagsasabi na ang Presidente, ang Vice President, maging a cabinet member, maging
01:14aking deputies,
01:16ay hindi maaaring kung hindi nilipagpag-indulog ng konstitusyon, magkaroon ng magkod ng iba pang kusina,
01:27magkaroon ng iba pang trabaho, magkaroon ng iba pang trabaho, magkaroon ng business interest,
01:37at upang naiwasan po yung conflict of interest, alam ko po ang mayroon po gano'ng provision.
01:47Your Honor, we ask the Impeachment Court to take judicial notice of Article 7, Psalm 13 of the 1987 Constitution,
01:55which says the President, Vice President, the members of the cabinet and their deputies or assistants
02:05shall not, unless otherwise provided in this constitution, hold any other office or employment during their tenure.
02:13They shall not, during said tenure, directly or indirectly practice any other profession, participate in any business,
02:22or be financially interested in any contract with or in any franchise or special privilege granted by the government
02:29or any subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, including government-owned or controlled corporations or their subsidiaries.
02:37They shall strictly avoid conflict of interest in the conduct of their office.
02:43Thank you for reading that, Attorney Erwin.
02:45Attorney Del Rosario, wala po akong napakinggan sa binasa ni Attorney Erwin na business interest.
03:00Participate in business? Yes, it's there. But to have a business interest, do you see it?
03:11Okay.
03:13Okay.
03:14Okay.
03:15Sorry.
03:16Please proceed, Attorney Erwin.
03:17Here,aaaa.
03:22topic is saying a bit Alice.
03:22That one står for another reason.
03:23Look at complaining du mightier many people.
03:28bye bye. See
03:30you. Bye
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