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00:33Bago pa man magsimula ang butuhan ng Senate Impeachment Court sa kung ilang senador ba ang pwedeng makasama sa pagbababa
00:40ng hatol kay Vice President Sara Duterte,
00:43naging emosyonal si Sen. Judge Camille Villar matapos ang naging bahayag ni Sen. Judge Irwin Tulfo.
01:00One is on medical leave abroad with no definite return date. Another is in hiding. Two others are under the
01:12custody of the Sandigan Bayan or the Bureau of Jail Management.
01:15Siguro, noong panahon po, noong ginagawa ang konstitusyon, ang mga kaso po ng mga senador noon, either subversion, sedition, hindi
01:29po plunder, hindi po pagnanakaw.
01:31And as the youngest member of this August body, can we stop it with these attacks on each other?
01:43Konting respeto naman. Kasi lahat naman po nang wala dito, hindi naman po sila napatunayan na may sala.
01:57Hindi po sila plunderer. Hindi po sila magnanakaw. Hindi po sila napatunayan na ganon.
02:04So huwag naman tayo tumayo dyan at maglo-blow ng ganon.
02:11Sa kawain humingi ng paumanhin. Ngunit, linawin ko lamang po, ginong presiding officer, ginong Pangulong,
02:18wala po akong sinabing convicted na plunderer ang ilang kasamahan natin. Ang sinabi ko po ay charge with.
02:29Sinubukan naman ni Sen. Judge Alan Peter Cayetano na pigilan ang butohan.
02:33Ayon sa kanya, imbis na hindi isama ang ilan nilang kapwa, Sen. Judge, mas maganda raw kung pagsisikapang makadalo sila,
02:41kesa raw magkaroon ng mistrial.
02:43I think the Senate cannot order the Sandigan Bayan to produce the senators here, but I think the impeachment court
02:51can.
02:51I think if we're going to give full constitutional, if we're going to give full meaning to our constitution, 24
02:59members,
03:00we can compel the Sandigan Bayan. Do we want to do that? I don't know. But what I do not
03:08want is a mistrial.
03:11Pero natalo ang kanyang mosyon. Ilang minuto bago ang pagboto, hindi na nakasuot ng robes si Sen. Judges Bongo at
03:19Aimee Marcos.
03:20Hindi na rin sila pumasok sa loob. Makikita namang nasa loob pa ng plenaryo sila Sen. Judge Alan Peter at
03:28Pia Cayetano na nakipag-usap pa kay Sen. Pres. Sherwin Gatchalian.
03:33Pero lumabas din ang magkapatid at sinabing hindi na sila makikiisa sa butohan dahil naniniwala raw sila na hindi ang
03:40Sen. Impeachment Court ang dapat magresolba sa issue.
03:44Si Sen. Judge Robin Padilla, saglit lang nanatili sa loob ng korte para isa-isang kamayan at nagmano pa sa
03:52ilang Sen. Judge mula sa mayorya.
03:54Pero umalis na rin siya na gumakyat na sa podium si Gatchalian.
03:59Nung magbobotohan na, hindi na rin nakita si Sen. Judge Camille Villar.
04:04Nang magsimula na ang butohan,
04:25Tuluyan ang nabaliktad ng Impeachment Court ang naunang ruling ni Presiding Officer Jesus Cudero na ipako sa labing-animang boto
04:33para makapag-convict.
04:34Sa ilalim ng saligang batas, nakasad na kailangan ng two-thirds ng boto ng all members of the Senate o
04:41lahat ng membro na Senado para makapag-convict.
04:44To determine the two-thirds concurrence required for conviction under Article 11, Section 3.6 of the Senate, of the
04:53Constitution rather,
04:55the phrase, all members of the Senate, quote-unquote, shall refer to those members who at the time of the
05:01vote remain legally and factually capable of participating in the proceedings.
05:06Hindi na isasama ang mga Senador na hindi nakakabahagi sa pagliliti sa oras ng butohan.
05:12The computation shall exclude members who are, number one, detained and or suspended or otherwise legally restrained from exercising the
05:21functions of a Senator,
05:22number two, persons sought by authorities whose whereabouts are unknown,
05:26number three, suffering from a physical or medical incapacity,
05:30number four, beyond the coercive processes of the Senate,
05:33and number five, others similarly situated.
05:36Sa ngayon, apat na Senador ang posibleng hindi makasama.
05:41Ang nagtatagong si Senador Bato de la Rosa,
05:44ang mga nakakulong na si Najinggoy Estrada at Rodante Marcoleta,
05:47at ang may sakitan nasa abroad na si Senadora Loren Legarda.
05:52Labing tatlong Sen. Judge ang bumoto pabor sa mosyon.
05:55Si Nabam Aquino, JV Ejercito, Sherwin Gatchalian, Risa Ontiveros, Panfilo Lacson, Lito Lapid,
06:02Kiko Pangilinan, Tito Soto, Erwin Tulfo, Rafi Tulfo, Joel Villanueva, Mark Villar, at Juan Miguel Zubiri.
06:11Hindi naman pumabor si presiding officer Cheez Escudero.
06:15At bilang pagtutol, hindi na lumahok sa botohan,
06:18sina Sen. Judge Alan Peter Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, Bongo, Amy Marcos, Robin Padilla, at Camille Villar.
06:26Kung dalawampu lamang ang mga Senador na makakalawok sa botohan,
06:30ang two-third nito ay labing apat na boto lamang, ayon kay Escudero.
06:35Mas mababa kumpara sa labing anim na boto kung bibilangin ang lahat ng dalawampu't apat na Senador.
06:41For example, if the denominator is 20, two-thirds is 13, and one-third, or 13.33.
06:51If we round it down to 13, 13 votes would fall short of the constitutionally required two-thirds concurrence,
07:00which is 13.33.
07:03Since a fraction of a vote is impossible, as there is no fraction of a senator,
07:0913.33 must be rounded up to 14 votes, the next higher whole number.
07:17Paglilinaw ni Escudero, ang ruling na ito ay para lamang sa trial na ito
07:22at hindi sasaklaw sa iba pang impeachment trial.
07:25Ipinunta naman ni Sen. Judge Tito Soto na kung sakaling dumating ang apat na Senador
07:30na hindi makakasama bago magbaba ng hatol sa bise, dapat silang pabutohin.
07:36If Sen. Legarda arrives from abroad, she can vote.
07:44If Sen. De La Rosa decides to appear and takes his oath, he can vote.
07:53And if the Sandigan Bayan allows our two incarcerated colleagues to attend, they can vote.
08:03Ito ang unang balita, Sandra Aguinaldo, GMA News.
