00:00At kaunay pa rin sa pagbabago ng voting threshold sa impeachment trial,
00:03makapanahin po natin si House Prosecution Panel,
00:06Atty. Benjamin Tolosa Jr.
00:09Tony Tolosa, magandang umaga po.
00:11Magandang umaga po, Ika.
00:13At magandang umaga din sa lahat ng mga tiga-subay-subay niya ngayong araw.
00:17Salamat po at sabi ng tagapagsalita ni Vice President Sara Duterte na si Atty. Paulo Panelo,
00:22paglabag sa saligang batas ang naging hakbang kahapon ng impeachment court,
00:26kaunay po sa voting threshold at pwedeng managot itong mga bumoto ng yes na mga Senator Judges.
00:35Yes, Egan. Well, first of all, yung ganong statement,
00:41narinig naman natin na naggaling mismo dun sa mga retired chief justices
00:49na nagsilbihang Amit Shikuri noong nakaraang linggo.
00:53Yung naging desisyon kahapon ng Senate,
01:00ito ay in line dun sa kanilang opinion
01:04kung saan itong two-thirds threshold
01:08ay hindi ito nangangalagan na strict two-thirds of 24.
01:16At ang malinaw, hindi naman po pinalitan yung threshold,
01:22two-thirds pa rin.
01:23Binigyan lang liwanag, two-thirds of whom
01:27na stated dun sa order kahapon,
01:32it's two-thirds of Senators who are legally and actually able to vote
01:39at the time that they will render judgment.
01:42Ngayon, yung statement na pwedeng criminal action yan
01:47against those who voted in favor of that new ruling,
01:52we'll leave it to the Senate impeachment court
01:56on how they'll deal with that action
01:58and if they find it to be a violation of the CIPRA.
02:01Opo.
02:02Pero inaasama ba ng prosecution na
02:04ito'y iakyat sa Korte Suprema
02:07dahil yun ang posisyon ng mga Senate or Judges
02:10na anim na hindi nagpartisipate?
02:14Possibly ho, naggawin nila yun.
02:16May karapatan naman po sila to pursue remedies.
02:20For example, if the defense would want to do that.
02:25But sa tanong din ho na yan,
02:28nagbigay din ho ng guidance yung mga Amichi Kure.
02:32Opo.
02:32Sabi ho nila, itong question na to,
02:35pag-determine ano ho yung tamang interpretation
02:39ng two-thirds threshold.
02:42Ang sabi ho nila dyan, ito ay political question
02:44na ang Senado lamang sitting as impeachment court
02:49ang makakapag-determine
02:51at hindi ito dapat pangemasukan ng Supreme Court.
02:55Ang sabi nga ho nila,
02:57pwede lang itong tignan ng Supreme Court
03:00kung merong grave abuse of discretion.
03:02Okay.
03:03But nasagot na din ho nila yan na
03:06considering nag-invita pa ho
03:10ng mga former Chief Justices
03:12as Amichi Kure ang Senate
03:14at nagkaroon pa ng oral arguments,
03:16mahirap masabi na itong decision
03:19was made with grave abuse of discretion
03:22dahil maliw na ho na talagang pinag-aralan nila
03:25itong bagay na ito
03:26bago sila nag-desisyon.
03:28Okay.
03:29May sinabi pa si Atony Panelo
03:31na nawalan daw ng legal
03:32at moral na otoridad ng impeachment court
03:35para ipagpatuloy pang paglilitis
03:37dahil sa nangyari kahapon.
03:39Reaction po?
03:42Siguro masasabi na lang ho namin dyan
03:45na everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
03:50No matter how wrong that opinion may be.
03:55Okay.
03:55Maraming salamat, House Prosecution Panel
03:57Spokesperson Attorney Benjamin Tolosa Jr.
04:00Maraming salamat din ho
04:01at magandang umaga.
04:01Yep.
